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House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Job Training Partnership Act and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require that a minimum percentage of participants in summer youth employment programs carried out under those Acts are students who have high attendance rates.

H.R. 777Introduced Feb 23, 1999Policy area: Labor and Employment
Sponsor: Rep. Chaka Fattah D-PA
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 19, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

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

31 cosponsors — 31 Democrats

0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), David Bonior (D-MI), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Martin Frost (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Carlos Romero-Barcelo (D-PR), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Max Sandlin (D-TX), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Bruce Vento (D-MN) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chaka Fattah.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-2 district

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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.