House resolution · 105th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Providing special investigative authority for the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 1998
- Committee actionJul 28, 1998
- Passed HouseJul 30, 1998 · 222–200
Latest action: Jul 30, 1998 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 507.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-658 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Rules Committee on July 30, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/658
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 507, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hres/507
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Mike Parker (R-MS), Robert Schaffer (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Goodling.
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- H.R. 2846 (105th) To prohibit spending Federal education funds on national testing without explicit and specific legislation.
- H.R. 3246 (105th) Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act of 1998
- H.R. 2614 (105th) Reading Excellence Act
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- H.Res. 214 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Education should suspend any and all planning, development…
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.