Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-375
An Act to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress concerning diplomatic immunity.
Became law on Nov 12, 1998.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 1997
- Committee actionNov 4, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 8, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 14, 1998 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 3, 1998
- Became lawNov 12, 1998
Latest action: Nov 12, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-375.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 759.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 759, A bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress concerning diplomatic immunity” on November 7, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on November 4, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10569
- CBO publication date
- November 7, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 759, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.