House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-306
Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of1998
Became law on Oct 28, 1998.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 1998
- Committee actionSep 18, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 23, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 8, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 20, 1998
- Became lawOct 28, 1998
Latest action: Oct 28, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-306.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4558.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4558, Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of 1998” on September 21, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 18, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11222
- CBO publication date
- September 21, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4558, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4558
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
398eb5d67fda8fabc47339cadec721df7319d900ce39168706f05dec5a2e86ea
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4558, Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of 1998” on October 16, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 8, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11265
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4558, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4558
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
398eb5d67fda8fabc47339cadec721df7319d900ce39168706f05dec5a2e86ea
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-735 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 22, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/735
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4558, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4558
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
398eb5d67fda8fabc47339cadec721df7319d900ce39168706f05dec5a2e86ea
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.