Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 1997
- Committee actionJun 23, 1998
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1344.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1344, Silk Road Strategy Act of 1998” on July 13, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 23, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10944
- CBO publication date
- July 13, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1344, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1344
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d2523997b35ea3f69ec090ff1913f968d4c73368f1231f9a2ebab80a3b69b06
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. 105-394 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on October 9, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/394
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1344, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1344
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d2523997b35ea3f69ec090ff1913f968d4c73368f1231f9a2ebab80a3b69b06
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1344, 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
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Robert Byrd (D-WV), John Chafee (R-RI), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Richard Lugar (R-IN), John McCain (R-AZ), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Craig Thomas (R-WY).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback.
- S.Res. 172 (105th) A resolution congratulating President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and the people of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka…
- S.Con.Res. 26 (105th) A concurrent resolution to permit the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a congressional ceremony honoring Mother Teresa.
- S.Con.Res. 20 (105th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the status of the investigation of the bombing of the Israeli Embassy…
- S.Con.Res. 73 (105th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the European Union is unfairly restricting the importation of United States…
- S. 1404 (105th) Statistical Consolidation Act of 1998
- S. 689 (105th) A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her…
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.