Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-353
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998
Became law on Nov 3, 1998.
Sponsor: Sen. William Gramm R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 7, 1997
- Committee actionApr 29, 1998
- Passed SenateMay 13, 1998 · 79–21
- Passed HouseJul 22, 1998 · without objection
- Resolving differencesOct 9, 1998
- To the PresidentOct 22, 1998
- Became lawNov 3, 1998
Latest action: Nov 3, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-353.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1260.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998” on May 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on April 29, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10766
- CBO publication date
- May 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1260, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1260
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1d010649d8cd7b253e6c969cb9c6fefac9544024db17ee1e6b9354431bb7f3a
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 105-182 ↗; H. Rept. 105-803 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on May 4, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/182
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/803 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1260, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1260
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1d010649d8cd7b253e6c969cb9c6fefac9544024db17ee1e6b9354431bb7f3a
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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
42 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent
11 of 42 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), A. Allard (R-CO), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Wendell Ford (D-KY), William Frist (R-TN), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), John Kerry (D-MA), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Connie Mack (R-FL), Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and 12 more.
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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.