Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-216
Homeowners Protection Act of 1998
Became law on Jul 29, 1998.
Sponsor: Sen. Alfonse D'Amato R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 1997
- Committee actionOct 23, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 9, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 14, 1998 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesJul 15, 1998
- To the PresidentJul 21, 1998
- Became lawJul 29, 1998
Latest action: Jul 29, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-216.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 318.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 318, Homeowners Protection Act” on November 4, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate of the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on October 23, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10518
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 318, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/318
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af6db1d140ce22d9f1f57c4a0356e3ba8de6b5f07f1ec67ba54029193c93f229
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 318, Homeowners Protection Act of 1998” on July 29, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 16, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11016
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 318, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/318
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af6db1d140ce22d9f1f57c4a0356e3ba8de6b5f07f1ec67ba54029193c93f229
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. 105-129 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on October 31, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 31, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/129
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 318, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/318
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af6db1d140ce22d9f1f57c4a0356e3ba8de6b5f07f1ec67ba54029193c93f229
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. 318, 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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Richard Bryan (D-NV), John Chafee (R-RI), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID).
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.