Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-300
A bill to provide that a person closely related to a judge of a court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) may not be appointed as a judge of the same court, and for other purposes.
Became law on Oct 27, 1998.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 1998
- Committee actionMay 21, 1998
- Passed SenateOct 6, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseOct 7, 1998 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentOct 16, 1998
- Became lawOct 27, 1998
Latest action: Oct 27, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-300.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1892.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1892, A bill to provide that a person closely related to a judge of a court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) may not be appointed as a judge of the same court...” on May 27, 1998. CBO’s description reads “S. 1892, A bill to provide that a person closely related to a judge of a court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) may not be appointed as a judge of the same court”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10827
- CBO publication date
- May 27, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1892, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1892
- 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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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. 1892, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.