House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1999
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1999
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 25, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
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
138 cosponsors — 127 Republicans, 11 Democrats
13 of 138 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Archer (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Philip Crane (R-IL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY) and 108 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Barr.
- H.R. 4786 (106th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, as the "Samuel P. Roberts…
- H.R. 1032 (106th) Firearms Heritage Protection Act of 1999
- H.R. 530 (106th) American Financial Institutions' Privacy Act
- H.R. 2960 (106th) Federalism Preservation Act of 1999
- H.Con.Res. 57 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued honoring the 100th anniversary of the Junior League.
- H.R. 3299 (106th) Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act of 1999
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.