House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Employee Empowerment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5280.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ELLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7127):Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 160 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5280, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7718f77a7cc405f489aeb376474936d57d163746fb4cbf954612806345e58dc2
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 12, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), George Miller (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Keith Ellison.
- H.R. 4386 (113th) Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2014
- H.R. 3543 (113th) Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2013
- H.R. 2998 (113th) Investor Choice Act of 2013
- H.R. 1579 (113th) Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2013
- H.Res. 479 (113th) Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations…
- H.R. 505 (113th) Balancing 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.