House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 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. 1047.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1769):This legislation follows the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, standing up for the rights of the states to an overreach of the federal government as it relates to the National Labor Relations Board's stated intent to sue four states over provisions in their state constitutions.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 280 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1047, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1047
- 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.
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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
40 cosponsors — 40 Republicans
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Steve King (R-IA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Lankford (R-OK), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Benjamin Quayle (R-AZ) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
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- H.R. 4301 (112th) EXPAND Act
- H.Res. 82 (112th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs.
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.