House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Linda Sánchez D-CAWhere 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 Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2341.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4529):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 454 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2341, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2341
- 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
34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ben Luján (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Linda Sánchez.
- H.R. 2158 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14901 Adelfa Drive in La Mirada, California, as the "Wayne…
- H.R. 1648 (112th) Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2011
- H.R. 4609 (112th) Social Security Equality Act of 2012
- H.Res. 601 (112th) Expressing support for designation of a "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day".
- H.Res. 184 (112th) Expressing support for designation of a "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day".
- H.Res. 69 (112th) Expressing support for designation of the week of February 7 through February 11, 2011, as "National School Counseling Week".
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.