House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-338
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
Became law on Oct 31, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Benjamin Gilman R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 1998
- Committee actionOct 2, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 5, 1998 · 360–38
- Passed SenateOct 7, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 20, 1998
- Became lawOct 31, 1998
Latest action: Oct 31, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-338.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4655.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4655, Iraq Liberation Act of 1998” on October 6, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on October 2, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11236
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4655, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b719098cdcdfd18e6d4cc03bbb866873cffd1ca7ff0b96cb3d18e85343891f09
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4655, Iraq Liberation Act of 1998” on October 28, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 7, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11301
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4655, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b719098cdcdfd18e6d4cc03bbb866873cffd1ca7ff0b96cb3d18e85343891f09
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4655, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Benjamin Gilman.
- H.R. 4660 (105th) Extradition Treaties Interpretation Act of 1998
- H.R. 2709 (105th) Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act of 1997
- H.R. 967 (105th) To prohibit the use of United States funds to provide for the participation of certain Chinese officials in international conferences…
- H.Res. 404 (105th) Commemorating 100 years of relations between the people of the United States and the people of the Philippines.
- H.Con.Res. 235 (105th) Calling for an end to the violent repression of the legitimate rights of the people of Kosova.
- H.Res. 188 (105th) Urging the executive branch to take action regarding the acquisition by Iran of C-802 cruise missiles.
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.