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Senate resolution · 105th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

S.Res. 98Introduced Jun 12, 1997Policy area: Environmental Protection
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Byrd D-WV
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 25, 1997 — Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 95-0. Record Vote No: 205.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S.Res. 98.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S.Res. 98, last updated April 7, 2025. 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

64 cosponsors — 44 Republicans, 20 Democrats

45 of 64 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.

Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), A. Allard (R-CO), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), John Breaux (D-LA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Max Cleland (D-GA), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Wendell Ford (D-KY), William Frist (R-TN), John Glenn (D-OH), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), William Gramm (R-TX), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and 34 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Robert Byrd.

Sponsor’s state and district

West Virginia in Congress

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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.