H.R. 1853 · 105th Congress · enacted
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998
Became Public Law No: 105-332.
Latest official action 1998-10-31 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Vocational Education Title II: Tech-Prep Education Title III: General Provisions Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations Title V: Repeal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1998 - Replaces the current Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (Perkins Act). (Sec. 3) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) require any secondary school student to choose or pursue a specific career path or major; or (2) mandate that any individual participate in a vocational education program, including a vocational education program that requires the attainment of a federally funded skill level or standard. (Sec. 4) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any Federal control over any aspect of a private, religious, or home school, regardless of whether a home school is treated as a private school or home school under State law. Allows students attending such schools to participate in programs or services under this Act. Title I: Vocational Education - Subtitle A: Federal Provisions - Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve certain amounts of vocational education funds for: (1) assistance for the outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia…
Congressional Research Service · 1998-06-12
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.
No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
No current-officeholder sponsorship match is available. Historical sponsors may have left office.
3 of 3 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.
Measured outcome: not established
Enactment alone does not show whether a law improved its intended outcome. We need a dated evaluation, observed result or verified implementation record before claiming success or failure.