House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

National Science Education Act

H.R. 4271Introduced Apr 13, 2000Policy area: Education

Where it went

IntroducedApr 13, 2000
Committee actionJul 26, 2000
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 24, 2000 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 215 - 156, 4 Present (Roll no. 543). (text: CR H10610-10615)

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4271.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4271, National Science Education Act” on August 17, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on July 26, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 17, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12597
CBO publication date
August 17, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4271, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 20, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-821 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 7, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4271, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 20, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

110 cosponsors — 63 Republicans, 47 Democrats

49 of 110 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.

Thomas Allen (D-ME), Joe Baca (D-CA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) and 80 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vernon Ehlers.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress · MI-3 district

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