Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-390
Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998
Became law on Nov 13, 1998.
Sponsor: Sen. Arlen Specter R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 1997
- Committee actionMay 7, 1998
- Passed SenateMay 15, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 10, 1998 · without objection
- Resolving differencesOct 15, 1998
- To the PresidentNov 4, 1998
- Became lawNov 13, 1998
Latest action: Nov 13, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-390.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1525.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1525, Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998” on May 29, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on May 15, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10842
- CBO publication date
- May 29, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1525, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0dca39f9bd72c71126468af7ca74386c241c5f2b04c8dc9516cde446fb9287fc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1525, Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998” on October 29, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 15, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11308
- CBO publication date
- October 29, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1525, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0dca39f9bd72c71126468af7ca74386c241c5f2b04c8dc9516cde446fb9287fc
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1525, last updated August 10, 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Rick Santorum (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter.
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- S.Res. 171 (105th) A resolution designating March 25, 1998, as "Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".
- S.Res. 56 (105th) A resolution designating March 25, 1997 as "Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".
- S.Con.Res. 78 (105th) A concurrent resolution relating to the indictment and prosecution of Saddam Hussein for war crimes and other crimes against humanity.
- S. 1665 (105th) Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act Amendments of 1998
- S. 2309 (105th) Gateway Visitor Center Authorization 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.