House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2014
- Committee actionApr 9, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4320.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4320, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act” on May 16, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April, 9, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45378
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4320, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4320
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-653 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 9, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 9, 2014 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/653
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4320, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4320
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 H2745):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. 4320, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4320
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Andy Harris (R-MD), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Steve King (R-IA), Tom Latham (R-IA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Tom Petri (R-WI), Ted Poe (R-TX), Tom Price (R-GA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Aaron Schock (R-IL) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Kline.
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- H.R. 5 (113th) Student Success Act
- H.R. 1971 (113th) To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with the opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime.
- H.R. 4863 (113th) National Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Legal Services Act
- H.R. 2076 (113th) Servicemember Medical Evaluations Review Act
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.