House resolution · 105th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Education, States, and local education agencies should spend a greater percentage of Federal education tax dollars in our children's classrooms.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 1997
- Committee actionJun 25, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 29, 1997 · 310–99
Latest action: Oct 29, 1997 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 139.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-349 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on October 28, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/349
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 139, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hres/139
- 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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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
84 cosponsors — 80 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 84 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Charles Canady (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Mac Collins (R-GA), Gary Condit (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Jon Fox (R-PA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Paul Gillmor (R-OH) and 54 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.