Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-108
United States Fire Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999
Became law on Nov 20, 1997.
Sponsor: Sen. William Frist R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 1997
- Committee actionOct 8, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 4, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 9, 1997 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 13, 1997
- Became lawNov 20, 1997
Latest action: Nov 20, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-108.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1231.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1231, United States Fire Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999” on October 29, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 8, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10507
- CBO publication date
- October 29, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1231, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1231
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58c65ec5b167756e5a54105b719ea6ebc8094d0203ca0cbd26369b7446aea664
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: S. Rept. 105-124 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on October 30, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 30, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/124
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1231, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1231
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58c65ec5b167756e5a54105b719ea6ebc8094d0203ca0cbd26369b7446aea664
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1231, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Ernest Hollings (D-SC), John McCain (R-AZ), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 1325 (105th) Technology Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998, 1999, and 2000
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.