House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-244
Higher Education Amendments of 1998
Became law on Oct 7, 1998.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard McKeon R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 1997
- Committee actionMar 19, 1998
- Passed HouseMay 6, 1998 · 414–4
- Passed SenateJul 9, 1998 · 96–1
- Resolving differencesSep 15, 1998
- To the PresidentOct 2, 1998
- Became lawOct 7, 1998
Latest action: Oct 7, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-244.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6, Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998” on April 17, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 19, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10772
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/6
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
166b6986eb70ffca84baf436e1086a50d8bf03387f070381fe78601840aabf18
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6, Higher Education Amendments of 1998” on October 6, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 29, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11228
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/6
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
166b6986eb70ffca84baf436e1086a50d8bf03387f070381fe78601840aabf18
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 105-481 ↗; H. Rept. 105-750 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 18, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 18, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/481
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/750 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/6
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
166b6986eb70ffca84baf436e1086a50d8bf03387f070381fe78601840aabf18
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6, 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
13 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 13 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Michael Castle (R-DE), William Clay (D-MO), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Tim Roemer (D-IN), Marge Roukema (R-NJ), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard McKeon.
- H.R. 1385 (105th) Workforce Investment Partnership Act of 1998
- H.R. 2535 (105th) Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997
- H.R. 914 (105th) Cost of Higher Education Review Act of 1997
- H.Res. 145 (105th) Providing for the concurrence of the House with the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 914, with amendments.
- H.R. 1511 (105th) Cost of Higher Education Review Act of 1997
- H.R. 2741 (105th) To provide a conditional exemption under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, relating to discharges of dredged or fill…
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.