Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-285
Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998
Became law on Oct 27, 1998.
Sponsor: Sen. Daniel Coats R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 1998
- Committee actionJun 24, 1998
- Passed SenateJul 27, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 14, 1998 · 346–20
- Resolving differencesSep 29, 1998
- To the PresidentOct 15, 1998
- Became lawOct 27, 1998
Latest action: Oct 27, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-285.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2206.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2206, Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998” on July 20, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on June 24, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10986
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2206, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2206
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 105-256 ↗; H. Rept. 105-788 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 21, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 21, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/256
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/788 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2206, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2206
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c0401cafa9bae9bdfde774fde09c5f224c055fd0a4cd41042a5388d23b7b5fe9
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. 2206, last updated April 21, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Christopher Dodd (D-CT), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Daniel Coats.
- S. 1502 (105th) District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1997
- S. 1482 (105th) A bill to amend section 223 of the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a prohibition on commercial distribution on the World Wide Web…
- S. 1380 (105th) Charter School Expansion Act of 1998
- S. 1255 (105th) Assets for Independence Act
- S. 1994 (105th) REAL Life Community Renewal Act of 1998
- S. 847 (105th) District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1997
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.