House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-220
Workforce Investment Partnership Act of 1998
Became law on Aug 7, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard McKeon R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 1997
- Committee actionApr 30, 1997
- Passed HouseMay 16, 1997 · 343–60
- Passed SenateMay 5, 1998 · 91–7
- Resolving differencesJul 16, 1998
- To the PresidentAug 6, 1998
- Became lawAug 7, 1998
Latest action: Aug 7, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-220.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1385.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1385, Workforce Investment Act of 1998” on August 4, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 31, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11068
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1385, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ecc04d100561bf68fdaeb16eb368257c9738e0c7ccf0279773c0e54a9ecb62ad
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-659 ↗; H. Rept. 105-93 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 8, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 8, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/659
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/93 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1385, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/1385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ecc04d100561bf68fdaeb16eb368257c9738e0c7ccf0279773c0e54a9ecb62ad
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1385, last updated July 21, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Bill Barrett (R-NE), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), John Peterson (R-PA), Frank Riggs (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard McKeon.
- H.R. 6 (105th) Higher Education Amendments of 1998
- H.R. 2535 (105th) Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997
- H.R. 914 (105th) Cost of Higher Education Review Act of 1997
- H.Res. 145 (105th) Providing for the concurrence of the House with the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 914, with amendments.
- H.R. 1511 (105th) Cost of Higher Education Review Act of 1997
- H.R. 2741 (105th) To provide a conditional exemption under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, relating to discharges of dredged or fill…
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.