House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Social Security Act to establish the Protect Social Security Account into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses until a reform measure is enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the OASDI trust funds.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Archer R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 1998
- Committee actionSep 17, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 25, 1998 · 240–188
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 1998 — Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 552, H.R. 4578 is laid on the table. (consideration: CR H8973)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4578.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4578, An Act to Establish the Protect Social Security Account” on September 22, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 17, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11170
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4578, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-738 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 23, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/738
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4578, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8bd0cfd41bcc1697f651bcfdeb710f180c75af8da05cab4eda1d89a2a4312ec9
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Bunning (R-KY), Wally Herger (R-CA), Gerald Weller (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Archer.
- H.R. 2676 (105th) Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
- H.R. 1226 (105th) Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act
- H.R. 668 (105th) Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax Reinstatement Act of 1997
- H.R. 2646 (105th) Parent and Student Savings Account PLUS Act
- H.R. 4579 (105th) Taxpayer Relief Act of 1998
- H.R. 2513 (105th) An Act to provide tax-free treatment of reward monies devoted to the victims of "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski.
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.