House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1975.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2604):Clauses 3 and 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution and section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1975, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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.
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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
142 cosponsors — 141 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 142 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA) and 112 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
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- H.R. 519 (113th) Uniting American Families Act of 2013
- H.R. 2479 (113th) HOME Act of 2013
- H.R. 2958 (113th) Clean Ports Act of 2013
- H.R. 4103 (113th) American Royalties Too Act of 2014
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.