Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1998
Sponsor: Sen. Daniel Akaka D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 7, 1997
- Committee actionJun 24, 1998
- Passed SenateJul 17, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 1998 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1418.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1418, Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1997” on June 29, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 24, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10912
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1418, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d537aa5da17d88356f35a36f0fee8646a819f8f57dbb514c0f73ff418afa1af4
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. 105-248 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 13, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 13, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/248
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1418, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d537aa5da17d88356f35a36f0fee8646a819f8f57dbb514c0f73ff418afa1af4
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1418, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Larry Craig (R-ID), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Chester Lott (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka.
- S. 714 (105th) Veterans' Benefits Act of 1997
- S. 2129 (105th) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Adjustment Act of 1998
- S. 846 (105th) A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to license projects on fresh…
- S.Res. 235 (105th) A resolution commemorating 100 years of relations between the people of the United States and the people of the Philippines.
- S. 850 (105th) Downed Animal Protection Act
- S. 2202 (105th) Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1998
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.