House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood products.
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Pitts R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 10, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 2, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 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. 221.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 221, A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood products” on February 11, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on February 10, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 11, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11377
- CBO publication date
- February 11, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 221, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/221
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3afe3d905d3f38c9f964d770c05aed712c96db009a9719e928e0938dd0406749
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-31 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on February 24, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 24, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/31
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 221, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/221
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3afe3d905d3f38c9f964d770c05aed712c96db009a9719e928e0938dd0406749
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 221, 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
16 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 16 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), John Boehner (R-OH), Michael Castle (R-DE), Phil English (R-PA), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), George Gekas (R-PA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ron Klink (D-PA), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), David McIntosh (R-IN), John Peterson (R-PA), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Ralph Regula (R-OH), Mark Souder (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts.
- H.Res. 303 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives urging that 95 percent of Federal education dollars be spent in the classroom.
- H.Res. 522 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of responsible fatherhood.
- H.Res. 207 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to community renewal through community- and faith-based organizations.
- H.R. 3520 (106th) White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act
- H.R. 1494 (106th) Dollars to the Classroom Act
- H.R. 4214 (106th) Armed Forces Educational Relief Act of 2000
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.