Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Anti-slamming Amendments Act

S. 1618Introduced Feb 9, 1998Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Sen. John McCain R-AZ

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 9, 1998
Committee actionMar 12, 1998
Passed SenateMay 12, 1998 · 99–0
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 27, 1998 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1618.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1618, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the protection of consumers against "slamming" by telecommunications carriers, and for other purposes” on April 7, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 1998 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10732
CBO publication date
April 7, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1618, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1618
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-183 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 5, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 5, 1998 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/183
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1618, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1618
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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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

18 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 11 Democrats

11 of 18 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.

Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Max Cleland (D-GA), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Russell Feingold (D-WI), William Frist (R-TN), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA), Chester Lott (R-MS), John Reed (D-RI), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Robert Smith (R-NH), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).

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