Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Regulatory Improvement Act of 1998

S. 981Introduced Jun 27, 1997Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Sen. Carl Levin D-MI

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 27, 1997
Committee actionMar 10, 1998
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 22, 1998 — Star Print ordered on Senate Report 105-188.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 981.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 981, Regulatory Improvement Act of 1998” on April 24, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on March 10, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 1998 ↗
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April 24, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
S. 981, 105th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-188 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 11, 1998.
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S. 981, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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

24 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 7 Democrats

17 of 24 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.

Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), John Breaux (D-LA), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael Enzi (R-WY), William Frist (R-TN), John Glenn (D-OH), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Donald Nickles (R-OK), Charles Robb (D-VA), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), William Roth (R-DE), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Fred Thompson (R-TN), John Warner (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress

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