Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 1998
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 3, 1998 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9922-9923)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1805.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1805, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1998” on March 25, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Intergovernmental mandates statement for the bill as introduced and referred to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on March 19, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10703
- CBO publication date
- March 25, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1805, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1805
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f25763baac064379e0f95c9a14c187cf4e6a5cb37d455edf9115850f2bddae82
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1805, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1998” on March 26, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Private-sector mandate statement for the bill as introduced and referred to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on March 19, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10702
- CBO publication date
- March 26, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1805, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1805
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f25763baac064379e0f95c9a14c187cf4e6a5cb37d455edf9115850f2bddae82
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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1805, last updated August 21, 2025. 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), John Reed (D-RI), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Paul Wellstone (D-MN), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy.
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- S.Res. 183 (105th) A resolution congratulating Northeastern University on providing quality higher education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 100…
- S. 1529 (105th) Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1998
- S. 609 (105th) Reconstructive Breast Surgery Benefits Act of 1997
- S.J.Res. 24 (105th) A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men.
- S. 664 (105th) A bill to establish tutoring assistance programs to help children learn to read well.
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.