House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Wounded Veteran Job Security Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2875.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6042):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution that grants Congress the authority, ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 191 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2875, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2875
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- 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 August 14, 2025). 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 — 1 Republican, 27 Democrats
1 of 28 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Pete Stark (D-CA), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
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.