Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-246

Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act

S. 1379Introduced Nov 5, 1997Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Became law on Oct 8, 1998.

Sponsor: Sen. Michael DeWine R-OH

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 5, 1997
Committee actionMar 5, 1998
Passed SenateJun 19, 1998 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseAug 6, 1998 · without objection
To the PresidentSep 28, 1998
Became lawOct 8, 1998

Latest action: Oct 8, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-246.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1379.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1379, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act” on May 21, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 5, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 1998 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10818
CBO publication date
May 21, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1379, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1379
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1379, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act” on August 13, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on August 6, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 1998 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11092
CBO publication date
August 13, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1379, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1379
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f25ec31cd81604901a572127f98312cae6e1ce546a7d4c97849dd4c44e38610f
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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

22 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 independent

10 of 22 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.

Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), John McCain (R-AZ), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Arlen Specter (D-PA), James Thurmond (R-SC), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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