House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2019
- Committee actionJan 14, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2020 · 329–73
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2694.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2694, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act” on September 9, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on January 14, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56568
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2694, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-494 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 8, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/494
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2694, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9712ef79b6c1e1b504584f484e5887bd7e1ef88633309586f37cee40076a72d9
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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. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 80, May 14, 2019, Page H3790):Clauses 3 and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution and section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2694, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9712ef79b6c1e1b504584f484e5887bd7e1ef88633309586f37cee40076a72d9
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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
241 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 223 Democrats
18 of 241 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI) and 211 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
- H.R. 4803 (116th) Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act
- H.R. 3884 (116th) MORE Act of 2020
- H.Res. 755 (116th) Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
- H.R. 6509 (116th) Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020
- H.Con.Res. 24 (116th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Mueller should be made available to the public and to Congress.
- H.R. 6172 (116th) USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.