House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-25
Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999
Became law on Apr 29, 1999.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Castle R-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 1999
- Committee actionMar 3, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 11, 1999 · 330–90
- Passed SenateMar 11, 1999 · 98–1
- Resolving differencesApr 15, 1999
- To the PresidentApr 28, 1999
- Became lawApr 29, 1999
Latest action: Apr 29, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-25.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 800.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 800, Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999” on March 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11395
- CBO publication date
- March 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 800, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/800
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7323335f72df360ed329f68072ffbf2442442380452519803231e4c75270f93c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 800, Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999” on May 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as enacted on April 29, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11528
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 800, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/800
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7323335f72df360ed329f68072ffbf2442442380452519803231e4c75270f93c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 106-43 ↗; H. Rept. 106-100 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on March 8, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 8, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/43
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/100 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 800, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/800
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7323335f72df360ed329f68072ffbf2442442380452519803231e4c75270f93c
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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
65 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 27 Democrats
26 of 65 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Judy Biggert (R-IL), John Boehner (R-OH), Bob Clement (D-TN), Jim Davis (D-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), James DeMint (R-SC), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Cal Dooley (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Kay Granger (R-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Van Hilleary (R-TN), David Hobson (R-OH), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Sam Johnson (R-TX) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Castle.
- H.Con.Res. 309 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to in-school personal safety education programs for children.
- H.R. 535 (106th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
- H.R. 905 (106th) Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act
- H.R. 537 (106th) To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for budgeting for emergencies through the establishment of a budget reserve…
- H.R. 1307 (106th) After-School Children's Education (ACE) Act
- H.R. 4736 (106th) Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance 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.