House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Dollars to the Classroom Act

H.R. 3248Introduced Feb 24, 1998Policy area: Education

Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Pitts R-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 24, 1998
Committee actionJun 24, 1998
Passed HouseSep 18, 1998 · 212–198
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 22, 1998 — Received in the Senate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3248.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3248, Dollars for the Classroom Act” on July 16, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 24, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 1998 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10985
CBO publication date
July 16, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3248, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3248
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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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-710 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 14, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 1998 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3248, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3248
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0fe28d448c9167f078993c21014025d8eb7ac4f6cc74dca710648b693e4d90e1
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3248, 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

110 cosponsors — 107 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 110 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Charles Bass (R-NH), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Jay Dickey (R-AR) and 80 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-16 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.