Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1998
Sponsor: Sen. James Jeffords R-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 1997
- Committee actionJul 22, 1998
- Passed SenateOct 8, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 16, 1998 — Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 601, papers are returned to the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 361.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 361, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1998” on July 23, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works on July 22, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10988
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 361, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/361
- 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. 105-282 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on July 31, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/282
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 361, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ffe8d1f06ec8e685ffb2c76c336cfcc5e75503b9a5635e29cef131880e1854e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 361, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Charles Robb (D-VA), Robert Smith (R-NH), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. James Jeffords.
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- S. 1505 (105th) Museum and Library Services Technical and Conforming Amendments of 1997
- S.Res. 207 (105th) A resolution commemorating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Veterans of America.
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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.