House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Workplace Preservation Act

H.R. 987Introduced Mar 4, 1999Policy area: Labor and Employment

Sponsor: Rep. Roy Blunt R-MO

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 4, 1999
Committee actionJun 23, 1999
Passed HouseAug 3, 1999 · 217–209
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Aug 4, 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. 987.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 987, Workplace Preservation Act” on July 29, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 23, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11750
CBO publication date
July 29, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 987, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-272 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 29, 1999.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 987, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/987
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 987, last updated March 23, 2026. 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

161 cosponsors — 155 Republicans, 6 Democrats

8 of 161 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC) and 131 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roy Blunt.

Sponsor’s state and district

Missouri in Congress · MO-7 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.