Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 1998
- Committee actionJun 17, 1998
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 1998 — Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-38. Record Vote No: 289. (consideration: CR S11039)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2176.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2176, Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998” on July 1, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 17, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10920
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2176, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2176
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-250 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 15, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 15, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/250
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2176, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2176
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
10f95dc836a8e7e60ebd027cc9af6e7e2baf103410cf40576ce9f0278f37bad7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2176, last updated April 7, 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chester Lott (R-MS), William Roth (R-DE), James Thurmond (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Fred Thompson.
- S. 2071 (105th) A bill to extend a quarterly financial report program administered by the Secretary of Commerce.
- S.Res. 39 (105th) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- S. 2228 (105th) Advisory Committee Termination and Streamlining Act of 1998
- S. 2445 (105th) Federalism Enforcement Act of 1998
- S. 2623 (105th) Government for the 21st Century Act of 1998
- S. 2161 (105th) Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of 1998
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.