House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Equal Access to Quality Education Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2902.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6139):Pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United States of America, the authority to enact this legislation rests with the Congress.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 195 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2902, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2902
- 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Linda Sánchez (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
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- H.Res. 243 (112th) Celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
- H.Res. 282 (112th) Expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in the United States…
- H.R. 6101 (112th) Student Veteran ACE Act
- H.R. 2637 (112th) DIPLOMA 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.