House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Kline R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 2011
- Committee actionJul 13, 2011
- Passed HouseNov 29, 2011 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2011 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2465.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2465, Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act” on July 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 13, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41596
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2465, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2465
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H4793-H4794):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2465, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2465
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
212ae06d9c297ad686752c8c24c048d3988e89ef421e1e55e04443b4f90b9f5a
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 committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2465, last updated July 21, 2025. 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
George Miller (D-CA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Kline.
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- H.R. 3094 (112th) Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
- H.R. 2445 (112th) State and Local Funding Flexibility Act
- H.R. 3989 (112th) Student Success Act
- H.R. 3990 (112th) Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act
- H.R. 1621 (112th) Marine Corps Aviation Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
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.