House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 1998
- Committee actionSep 17, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 26, 1998 · 229–195
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 1998 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4579.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4579, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1998” on September 23, 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 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11166
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4579, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58503930e6b2cb4450ae574c926bd61ec298b9fa7f44c5eb8d1ba228c0bf0547
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. 105-739 ↗. 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/739
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4579, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58503930e6b2cb4450ae574c926bd61ec298b9fa7f44c5eb8d1ba228c0bf0547
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4579, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
22 cosponsors — 22 Republicans
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Dave Camp (R-MI), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Mac Collins (R-GA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), James Greenwood (R-PA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), E. Shaw (R-FL), William Thomas (R-CA), Wes Watkins (R-OK), 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. 2513 (105th) An Act to provide tax-free treatment of reward monies devoted to the victims of "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski.
- H.R. 3546 (105th) National Dialogue on Social Security 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.