House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to permit the establishment of Jobs Corps centers in territories of the United States.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2395.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4577):Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article I.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 298 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2395, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2395
- 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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Lewis (D-GA), George Miller (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Jared Polis (D-CO), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), David Wu (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
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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.