House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Washington's Birthday be observed on February 22, rather than the third Monday in February, of each year.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2268.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOLF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4366):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2268, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2268
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- 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 February 4, 2025). 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
24 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 24 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), K. Conaway (R-TX), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), John Culberson (R-TX), Sam Farr (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), James Moran (D-VA), Mike Pence (R-IN), Tom Petri (R-WI), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), David Rivera (R-FL), Robert Scott (D-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf.
- H.R. 2867 (112th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011
- H.R. 5326 (112th) Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.R. 440 (112th) To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South…
- H.R. 2596 (112th) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 1856 (112th) International Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 2011
- H.Res. 824 (112th) Establishing a select committee to investigate and report on the attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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.