Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 1998
- Committee actionSep 24, 1998
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 14, 1998 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12492-12493)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2151.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2151, Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1998” on October 2, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 24, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11213
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2151, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41c8f66f31a426476eb4d007bbf4538ade1f6b017cd8775caff3154e4a8d4d78
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. 105-372 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 24, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/372
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2151, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41c8f66f31a426476eb4d007bbf4538ade1f6b017cd8775caff3154e4a8d4d78
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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
23 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 1 independent
1 of 23 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), A. Allard (R-CO), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Robert Smith (R-NH).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Donald Nickles.
- S. 871 (105th) Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997
- S. 2561 (105th) Consumer Reporting Employment Clarification Act of 1998
- S.Res. 120 (105th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the occasion of the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
- S.Con.Res. 85 (105th) A concurrent resolution calling for an end to the violent repression of the people of Kosovo.
- S. 2330 (105th) Patients' Bill of Rights Act
- S. 9 (105th) Paycheck Protection Act
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.