Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-341
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 1998
- Committee actionSep 23, 1998
- Passed SenateOct 7, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 10, 1998 · without objection
- To the PresidentOct 21, 1998
- Became lawOct 31, 1998
Latest action: Oct 31, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-341.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2285.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2285, Women's Progress Commemoration Act” on September 30, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 25, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11217
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2285, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 105-396 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on September 25, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/396
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2285, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
19 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 19 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Harry Reid (D-NV), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).
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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.