Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-172
Wireless Telephone Protection Act
Became law on Apr 24, 1998.
Sponsor: Sen. Jon Kyl R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 1997
- Committee actionSep 18, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 10, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseFeb 26, 1998 · without objection
- Resolving differencesApr 1, 1998
- To the PresidentApr 17, 1998
- Became lawApr 24, 1998
Latest action: Apr 24, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-172.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 493.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 493, Wireless Telephone Protection Act” on October 3, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 18, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10433
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 493, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b40816db1f3bf1464bfce9d370e9af83f35eb90d87123b1fcfb1194313dbbd2c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 493, Wireless Telephone Protection Act” on April 6, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on April 1, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10728
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 493, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b40816db1f3bf1464bfce9d370e9af83f35eb90d87123b1fcfb1194313dbbd2c
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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 493, last updated August 10, 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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Max Cleland (D-GA), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Chester Lott (R-MS), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), James Thurmond (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 2087 (105th) Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act
- S. 1752 (105th) A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain administrative sites and use the proceeds for the acquisition of office…
- S. 495 (105th) Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction Act of 1997
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.