House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 1998
- Committee actionJun 4, 1998
- Passed HouseSep 10, 1998 · 221–189
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3892.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency Act” on June 18, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 4, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10909
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3892, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3892
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d34e7e2cfd394bc071fe5b080713a33d6ed79d37b7a0d8039a60034927be230f
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. 105-587 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 19, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/587
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3892, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3892
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d34e7e2cfd394bc071fe5b080713a33d6ed79d37b7a0d8039a60034927be230f
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3892, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Van Hilleary (R-TN), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Bob Stump (R-AZ).
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. 2616 (105th) Charter School Expansion Act 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. 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.