House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2310.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4528):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2310, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a705aaae6e8f880bb751f4a626967e084570b1241bfeb502c949bf393a06f9f8
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. 2310, 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
69 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 68 Democrats
1 of 69 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (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), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA) and 39 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier.
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- H.R. 210 (112th) Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 3003 (112th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation…
- H.R. 3015 (112th) Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2011
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.