Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 1998
- Committee actionJul 28, 1998
- Passed SenateOct 8, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 1998 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2358.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2358, Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 1998” on September 17, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 28, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11146
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2358, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb4a5efa8c4794609fbbbd0c8b9b5d3c0075aafdd41cecc7d6dbe6a5f53ee577
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. 105-362 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs 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/362
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2358, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb4a5efa8c4794609fbbbd0c8b9b5d3c0075aafdd41cecc7d6dbe6a5f53ee577
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2358, 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
27 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 21 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 27 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Max Cleland (D-GA), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), James Jeffords (I-VT), John Kerry (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Charles Robb (D-VA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Arlen Specter (D-PA), James Thurmond (R-SC), Paul Wellstone (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller.
- S.Con.Res. 102 (105th) A concurrent resolution recognizing disabled American veterans.
- S. 2120 (105th) Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1998
- S. 381 (105th) Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1997
- S. 1320 (105th) Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 1997
- S. 146 (105th) Provider-Sponsored Organization Act of 1997
- S. 1809 (105th) Child Support Performance Improvement 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.