House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2011
- Committee actionJul 21, 2011
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2011 · 238–186
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2011 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 173.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2587.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2587, Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act” on July 25, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 21, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 25, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41593
- CBO publication date
- July 25, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2587, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-179 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 25, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/179
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2587, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2227dac030657c4d7ae032ed91e8afea333b63f271d57691f87c4a067d09cb6e
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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. SCOTT of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5239):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2587, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2227dac030657c4d7ae032ed91e8afea333b63f271d57691f87c4a067d09cb6e
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), John Kline (R-MN), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Martha Roby (R-AL), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Scott.
- H.Res. 129 (112th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or…
- H.Res. 223 (112th) Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 34) establishing the budget for the United States Government for…
- H.Res. 294 (112th) Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 292) declaring that the President shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the…
- H.Res. 372 (112th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2587) to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any employer to close…
- H.Res. 431 (112th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2273) to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to facilitate recovery and…
- H.Res. 448 (112th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2576) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified…
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.