House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2021
- Committee actionMar 24, 2021
- Passed HouseMay 14, 2021 · 315–101
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2021 — 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. 1065.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1065, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act” on April 6, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on March 24, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57115
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1065, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-27 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 4, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2021 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/27
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1065, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 29, February 15, 2021, Page H515):Clauses 3 & 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution and Section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2021 ↗
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- Statement length
- 112 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1065, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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
228 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 208 Democrats
20 of 228 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), 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), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), 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 198 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.