A bill to codify without substantive change recent laws related to money and finance and transportation and to improve the United States Code.
Public Law 98-216 · H.R. 2727 · 98th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Feb 14, 1984 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ-10)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends titles 31 (Money and Finance) and 49 (Transportation) of the United States Code to reflect changes in those titles by laws that did not specifically amend such titles.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.
- Feb 14, 1984Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 98-216.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Feb 3, 1984PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jan 31, 1984FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Nov 10, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Judiciary Committee
- Aug 1, 1983FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Judiciary Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
- Apr 25, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.