Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 1998
- Committee actionApr 2, 1998
- Passed SenateMay 18, 1998 · 78–20
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 27, 1998 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1723.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1723, American Competitiveness Act” on April 24, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10776
- CBO publication date
- April 24, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1723, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1723
- 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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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. 105-186 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 2, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/186
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1723, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1723
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cc454737b53582e24204feed0483c97083e6e3516f53e4e6f5ed0cf6f8a9c80f
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1723, 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
21 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 21 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
John Ashcroft (R-MO), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Connie Mack (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Arlen Specter (D-PA), James Thurmond (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 1565 (105th) A bill to make technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act.
- S. 2476 (105th) An Act for the relief of Wei Jingsheng.
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.