Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 1998
- Committee actionJul 29, 1998
- Passed SenateOct 8, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 27, 1998 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, and in addition to the Subcommittees on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Energy and Power, and Finance and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2217.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2217, Federal Research Investment Act” on September 10, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology on July 29, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11140
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2217, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
59765f03ad060bdcb9da81aff95312bb1a89e942b9d5b1d16ab922889540d799
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. 105-364 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on October 2, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/364
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2217, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
59765f03ad060bdcb9da81aff95312bb1a89e942b9d5b1d16ab922889540d799
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. 2217, last updated September 8, 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
35 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
18 of 35 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), A. Allard (R-CO), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), William Gramm (R-TX), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), J. Kerrey (D-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Charles Robb (D-VA), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and 5 more.
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.