House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Private Sector Whistleblower Protection Streamlining Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Lynn Woolsey D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6409.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WOOLSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6001):This bill is introduced under the powers granted to Congress under Article 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6409, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6409
- 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Dale Kildee (D-MI), George Miller (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lynn Woolsey.
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- H.R. 191 (112th) Public Option Deficit Reduction Act
- H.R. 651 (112th) United States-Afghanistan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) 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.