Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-386
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 1997
- Committee actionNov 6, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 13, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 9, 1998 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesOct 15, 1998
- To the PresidentNov 2, 1998
- Became lawNov 13, 1998
Latest action: Nov 13, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-386.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 191.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 191, An act to throttle criminal use of guns” on February 3, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on November 13, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 3, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10618
- CBO publication date
- February 3, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 191, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/191
- 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.
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. 191, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Donald Nickles (R-OK), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Robert Smith (R-NH), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), James Thurmond (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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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.