House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2011 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2261)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3601.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KINGSTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8262):Congress has the power to enact the Ensuring Quality Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 149 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3601, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3601
- 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Martha Roby (R-AL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Kingston.
- H.R. 2112 (112th) Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 5973 (112th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.R. 3444 (112th) Child Tax Credit Integrity Preservation Act of 2011
- H.R. 2041 (112th) Returning to Responsible Fiscal Policies Act
- H.R. 3443 (112th) BARN Act
- H.R. 1403 (112th) Point Peter Study 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.