Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-125
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the designation of common carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a State commission as eligible telecommunications carriers.
Became law on Dec 1, 1997.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 1997
- Committee actionNov 4, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 9, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 13, 1997 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 19, 1997
- Became lawDec 1, 1997
Latest action: Dec 1, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-125.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1354.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1354, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the designation of common carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a state commission as eligible telecommunications carriers” on November 12, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on November 9, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 12, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10555
- CBO publication date
- November 12, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1354, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1354
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1354, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Ben Campbell (R-CO), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Theodore Stevens (R-AK).
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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.