House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1028.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEINER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1726):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1028, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1028
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1028, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 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
51 cosponsors — 51 Democrats
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anthony Weiner.
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- H.R. 1118 (112th) Social Security Protection Act of 2011
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.