Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 1998
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateMay 14, 1998 · 99–0
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 1998 — Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10537)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2037.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2037, Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998” on May 11, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 6, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10783
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2037, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5c5be25a8946d8dd052cd518f22894638380fc550f5ec328110ea535717ee4c
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. 105-190 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/190
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2037, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5c5be25a8946d8dd052cd518f22894638380fc550f5ec328110ea535717ee4c
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2037, 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.