House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Teacher Empowerment Act

H.R. 1995Introduced May 27, 1999Policy area: Education

Sponsor: Rep. Howard McKeon R-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 27, 1999
Committee actionJun 30, 1999
Passed HouseJul 20, 1999 · 239–185
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 22, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1995.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1995, Teacher Empowerment Act” on July 2, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 30, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11683
CBO publication date
July 2, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1995, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-232 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 15, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 15, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1995, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1995, 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

47 cosponsors — 47 Republicans

1 of 47 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Dick Armey (R-TX), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), James DeMint (R-SC), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), David Dreier (R-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mark Green (R-WI), James Greenwood (R-PA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), J. Hastert (R-IL), Wally Herger (R-CA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Steve Horn (R-CA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and 17 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard McKeon.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-25 district

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