House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Bliley R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 1998
- Committee actionSep 24, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 9, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 1998 — Laid on the table. See S. 2375 for further action. (consideration: CR H10309)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4353.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4353, International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998” on September 30, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 24, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11208
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4353, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4353
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
165093b0960bf833be6351dbcf26f8d61ee004abc1a91d72b1311df6e98d7586
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-802 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 9, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/802
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4353, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4353
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
165093b0960bf833be6351dbcf26f8d61ee004abc1a91d72b1311df6e98d7586
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), James Greenwood (R-PA), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Tom Sawyer (D-OH), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Rick White (R-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Bliley.
- H.R. 4382 (105th) Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 4679 (105th) Antimicrobial Regulation Technical Corrections Act of 1998
- H.R. 1872 (105th) Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act of 1998
- H.Con.Res. 196 (105th) To correct the enrollment of the bill S. 830.
- H.R. 3792 (105th) Liberty Dollar Bill Act
- H.R. 4446 (105th) Crime Does Not Pay Act of 1998
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.