House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-278
Charter School Expansion Act of 1998
Became law on Oct 22, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Riggs R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 1997
- Committee actionOct 9, 1997
- Passed HouseNov 7, 1997 · 367–57
- Passed SenateOct 8, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 10, 1998
- To the PresidentOct 20, 1998
- Became lawOct 22, 1998
Latest action: Oct 22, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-278.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2616.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2616, Charter Schools Amendments Act of 1997” on October 10, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 9, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10462
- CBO publication date
- October 10, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2616, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-321 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on October 14, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/321
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2616, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e0b962d538487b3fb003a4bae7bc7a45a407094e0781110bd1eca77c3de92f62
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2616, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Riggs.
- H.R. 1853 (105th) Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998
- H.R. 79 (105th) Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary Adjustment Act
- H.R. 1818 (105th) Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1997
- H.R. 3892 (105th) English Language Fluency Act
- H.R. 3254 (105th) IDEA Technical Amendments Act of 1998
- H.R. 4241 (105th) Head Start Amendments of 1998
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.