House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-331
Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act
Became law on Oct 31, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Gillmor R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 1997
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 9, 1998 · 397–1
- 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: 105-331.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 678.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 678, Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act” 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/11315
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 678, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of January 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
296 cosponsors — 153 Republicans, 143 Democrats
144 of 296 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Scotty Baesler (D-KY), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL) and 266 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Gillmor.
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- H.Res. 532 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should personally reimburse the Federal Government for the costs…
- H.R. 2086 (105th) To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to limit the portion of the Superfund expended…
- H.R. 4822 (105th) Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act of 1998
- H.R. 944 (105th) To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require improved disclosure of corporate charitable contributions, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4468 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the phaseout of the graduated estate tax rates and the unified credit.
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.