House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act of 1998

H.R. 3246Introduced Feb 24, 1998Policy area: Labor and Employment

Sponsor: Rep. Bill Goodling R-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 24, 1998
Committee actionMar 11, 1998
Passed HouseMar 26, 1998 · 202–200
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 30, 1998 — Received in the Senate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3246.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act of 1998” on March 11, 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 11, 1998 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10664
CBO publication date
March 11, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3246, 105th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3246
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-453 ↗; H. Rept. 105-453 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on March 18, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 18, 1998 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3246, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3246
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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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

29 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 1 Democrat

2 of 29 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.

Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Ensign (R-NV), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), David McIntosh (R-IN), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Ron Paul (R-TX), John Peterson (R-PA), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Joe Scarborough (R-FL), Robert Schaffer (R-CO), Vince Snowbarger (R-KS), Mark Souder (R-IN), Charles Stenholm (D-TX), Bob Stump (R-AZ), Jim Talent (R-MO), Fred Upton (R-MI), Wes Watkins (R-OK), Dave Weldon (R-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Goodling.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress

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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.