House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Equal Employment for All Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 321.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H355):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce) of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 321, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/321
- 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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Brad Miller (D-NC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 2192 (112th) National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2011
- H.R. 3866 (112th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the Civil Rights movement.
- H.R. 583 (112th) Jane's Law
- H.R. 2028 (112th) Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 1046 (112th) Honor the WISH Act
- H.R. 2210 (112th) Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011
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.