House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-197

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Compliance Assistance Authorization Act of 1998

H.R. 2864Introduced Nov 7, 1997Policy area: Labor and Employment

Became law on Jul 16, 1998.

Sponsor: Rep. Cass Ballenger R-NC

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 7, 1997
Committee actionMar 11, 1998
Passed HouseMar 17, 1998 · by voice vote
Passed SenateJun 24, 1998 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentJul 8, 1998
Became lawJul 16, 1998

Latest action: Jul 16, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-197.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2864.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2864, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Compliance Assistance Authorization Act of 1998” on March 16, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 11, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10743
CBO publication date
March 16, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2864, 105th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-444 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on March 17, 1998.
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H.R. 2864, 105th Congress
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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

22 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 2 Democrats

3 of 22 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.

Bill Barrett (R-NE), John Boehner (R-OH), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ralph Hall (R-TX), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Ernest Istook (R-OK), Walter Jones (R-NC), Dan Miller (R-FL), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Ron Paul (R-TX), John Peterson (R-PA), Tim Roemer (D-IN), Robert Schaffer (R-CO), Charles Stenholm (D-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cass Ballenger.

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress · NC-10 district

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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.