House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-334

Drive for Teen Employment Act

H.R. 2327Introduced Jul 31, 1997Policy area: Labor and Employment

Became law on Oct 31, 1998.

Sponsor: Rep. Larry Combest R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 31, 1997
Committee actionApr 1, 1998
Passed HouseSep 28, 1998 · by voice vote
Passed SenateOct 12, 1998 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesOct 13, 1998
To the PresidentOct 20, 1998
Became lawOct 31, 1998

Latest action: Oct 31, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-334.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2327.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2327, Drive for Teen Employment Act” on April 9, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 1, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10735
CBO publication date
April 9, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2327, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2327
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2327, Drive for Teen Employment Act” on October 21, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 13, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 21, 1998 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11275
CBO publication date
October 21, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2327, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2327
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

83 cosponsors — 62 Republicans, 21 Democrats

23 of 83 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.

Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Archer (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Joe Barton (R-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Gary Condit (D-CA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Lane Evans (D-IL), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX) and 53 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Larry Combest.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-19 district

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