Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-394

Assistive Technology Act of 1998

S. 2432Introduced Sep 2, 1998Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Became law on Nov 13, 1998.

Sponsor: Sen. James Jeffords R-VT

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 2, 1998
Committee actionSep 9, 1998
Passed SenateOct 5, 1998 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseOct 9, 1998 · by voice vote
Resolving differencesOct 14, 1998
To the PresidentNov 3, 1998
Became lawNov 13, 1998

Latest action: Nov 13, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-394.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2432.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2432, Assistive Technology Act of 1998” on September 15, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on September 9, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 1998 ↗
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September 15, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2432, 105th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-334 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on September 15, 1998.
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S. 2432, 105th Congress
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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

21 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 12 Democrats

12 of 21 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.

Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Wendell Ford (D-KY), William Frist (R-TN), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), John Reed (D-RI), Harry Reid (D-NV), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), John Warner (R-VA), Paul Wellstone (D-MN).

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