Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-168
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 1997
- Committee actionJun 12, 1997
- Passed SenateJun 12, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseMar 10, 1998 · 405–2
- To the PresidentApr 17, 1998
- Became lawApr 21, 1998
Latest action: Apr 21, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-168.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 419.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 419, Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1997” on March 9, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 12, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10666
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 419, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 419, last updated June 3, 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
34 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 23 Democrats
23 of 34 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), John Breaux (D-LA), John Chafee (R-RI), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Larry Craig (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Wendell Ford (D-KY), John Glenn (D-OH), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Christopher Bond.
- S. 1139 (105th) Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997
- S. 1519 (105th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 1997
- S. 2168 (105th) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
- S.Res. 273 (105th) A resolution recognizing the historic home run record set by Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals on September 8, 1998.
- S. 1454 (105th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 1997
- S. 2531 (105th) A bill to designate a portion of Interstate Route 70 in Missouri as "Mark McGwire Interstate Route 70".
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.