Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-228
Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act
Became law on Aug 12, 1998.
Sponsor: Sen. Paul Coverdell R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 1998
- Committee actionJul 30, 1998
- Passed SenateJul 30, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseAug 3, 1998 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentAug 10, 1998
- Became lawAug 12, 1998
Latest action: Aug 12, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-228.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2344.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2344, Emergency Farm Finanical Relief Act” on August 5, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on August 3, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11054
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2344, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2344
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2344, 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Christopher Bond (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), William Gramm (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Gordon Smith (R-OR).
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.