House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 5, 2011
- Committee actionOct 26, 2011
- Passed HouseNov 30, 2011 · 235–188
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2011 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3094.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3094, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act” on October 31, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 26, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42677
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3094, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3094
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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. 112-276 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on November 10, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 10, 2011 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/276
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3094, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3094
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. KLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6625):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
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- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3094, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3094
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4507d5401653f3ca4b374fe05c9d8c07f40ee617164748157ad1b603d82d1328
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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
37 cosponsors — 37 Republicans
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Austria (R-OH), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Tom Petri (R-WI), Todd Platts (R-PA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Martha Roby (R-AL), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Jean Schmidt (R-OH) and 7 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.