House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Employee Workplace Freedom Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 2, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 2, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2833.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. QUAYLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5936):This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the People, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2833, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2833
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bed187f8132fd4f5454b9b7205bd3b8692a4b28457d0843f1165154bc1e293fe
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. 2833, 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
60 cosponsors — 60 Republicans
0 of 60 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Steve Austria (R-OH), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Robert Hurt (R-VA) and 30 more.
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.