House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 4, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3086.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEARNS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6551):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3086, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3086
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3086, 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
82 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 65 Democrats
65 of 82 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Joe Baca (D-CA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Ben Chandler (D-KY), James Clyburn (D-SC), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), John Duncan (R-TN), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX) and 52 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns.
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.