HR 3991 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

KEEP Secure Act

Introduced Feb 9, 2012 Originated House Sponsor Sandy Adams R-FL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 29, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 9, 2012
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keep Employees' Emails and Phones Secure Act or KEEP Secure Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from requiring an employer to provide the NLRB or a labor organization with employee telephone numbers or email addresses.

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2012 to Apr 24, 2012; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-FLConnie MackOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-COCory GardnerOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-FLDavid RiveraOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-FLDennis A. RossOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-GAJack KingstonOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-UTJason ChaffetzOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-OHJean SchmidtOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-TXJoe BartonOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-ILJoe WalshOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-LAJohn FlemingOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-CAKen CalvertOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-KSKevin YoderOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-SCMick MulvaneyOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-GAPaul C. BrounOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-WIReid J. RibbleOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-IASteve KingOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-KSTim HuelskampOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-MITim WalbergOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-OKTom ColeOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-GATom PriceOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalFeb 9, 2012
R-OKJames LankfordFeb 15, 2012
R-TNJohn J. Duncan, Jr.Feb 27, 2012
R-MSAlan NunneleeMar 5, 2012
R-GAPhil GingreyMar 5, 2012
R-AZBenjamin QuayleMar 20, 2012
R-SCTrey GowdyMar 20, 2012
R-FLJohn L. MicaMar 29, 2012
R-FLThomas J. RooneyMar 29, 2012
R-INTodd RokitaApr 16, 2012
R-TXRon PaulApr 18, 2012
R-MSSteven M. PalazzoApr 24, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2012
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Mar 29, 2012

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 29, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Feb 9, 2012Introduced in House
  3. Feb 9, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Mrs. ADAMS: H.R. 3991. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 3: The Congress shall have Power to . . . regulate Commerce with foreign Nations and among the several States. . .

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H693.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from requiring that employers provide to the Board or to a labor organization the telephone number or email address of any employee.
Short Titles as Introduced
KEEP Secure Act
Keep Employees' Emails and Phones Secure Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2012Introduced in House

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