Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-297
Curt Flood Act of 1998
Became law on Oct 27, 1998.
Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 1997
- Committee actionJul 31, 1997
- Passed SenateJul 30, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 7, 1998 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentOct 15, 1998
- Became lawOct 27, 1998
Latest action: Oct 27, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-297.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 53.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 53, Curt Flood Act of 1997” on September 23, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 31, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10379
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 53, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/53
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87c9b649a66cea62fbad5495ad7d015d6e6847dfc82fa22561c69173026eabdd
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. 105-118 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 29, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 29, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/118
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 53, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/53
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87c9b649a66cea62fbad5495ad7d015d6e6847dfc82fa22561c69173026eabdd
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. 53, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), James Thurmond (R-SC).
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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.