House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Bring Jobs Home Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 851.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PASCRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H702):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 126 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 851, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/851
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 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 January 13, 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
56 cosponsors — 56 Democrats
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), William Enyart (D-IL), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Pascrell.
- H.R. 2430 (113th) Hinchliffe Stadium Heritage Act
- H.R. 1098 (113th) Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014
- H.R. 1015 (113th) Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2013
- H.R. 924 (113th) Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act
- H.R. 2137 (113th) Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2013
- H.R. 3726 (113th) Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive 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.