Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of 1998

S. 1222Introduced Sep 25, 1997Policy area: Water Resources Development

Sponsor: Sen. John Chafee R-RI

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 25, 1997
Committee actionJul 22, 1998
Passed SenateOct 14, 1998 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 21, 1998 — Referred to House Agriculture

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1222.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1222, Estuary Habitat Restoration and Partnership Act of 1998” on July 28, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 22, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11012
CBO publication date
July 28, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1222, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1222
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-273 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on July 29, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 1998 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1222, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1222
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1222, last updated September 8, 2026. 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

26 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent

18 of 26 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Judd Gregg (R-NH), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Connie Mack (R-FL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), Charles Robb (D-VA), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), John Warner (R-VA), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Chafee.

Sponsor’s state and district

Rhode Island in Congress

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