House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To provide for greater access to child care services for Federal employees.
Sponsor: Rep. Constance Morella R-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 1998
- Committee actionJul 23, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 5, 1998 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 1998 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4280.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4280, A bill to provide greater access to child care services for federal employees” on August 28, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight on July 23, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 28, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11123
- CBO publication date
- August 28, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4280, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b151af4ac68af08893700b887bb91d4971743f89207681dd92d8b6268cd0e0b
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-756 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on October 1, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/756
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4280, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b151af4ac68af08893700b887bb91d4971743f89207681dd92d8b6268cd0e0b
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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
17 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 17 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), David Dreier (R-CA), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Heather Wilson (R-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Constance Morella.
- H.R. 3007 (105th) Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development Act
- H.J.Res. 113 (105th) Approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the Nation's Capitol.
- H.R. 1271 (105th) FAA Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1998
- H.R. 1274 (105th) Technology Administration Act of 1998
- H.R. 2544 (105th) Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 1998
- H.Con.Res. 98 (105th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the SAFE KIDS Buckle Up Car Seat Safety Check.
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.