A bill to authorize funds to preserve the official papers of Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Public Law 99-608 · H.R. 4244 · 99th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Nov 6, 1986 · Education
Sponsor: Rep. Silvio Conte (R-MA-1)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. John Moakley
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education for FY 1986 through 1989 for the Joseph W. Martin Institute for Law and Society at Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts.
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for the Kansas Educational Satellite Video Communications Center at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Education and Workforce Committee · House · referred toSubcommittee: Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 12 actions.
- Nov 6, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-608.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 27, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 16, 1986Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Voice Vote.
- Sep 30, 1986FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Sep 20, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Sep 17, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Sep 16, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 10, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning Subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee
- Feb 26, 1986CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Education and Workforce Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.