House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal.
Sponsor: Rep. Kendrick Meek D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 2009
- Committee actionJul 29, 2009
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2010 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 409.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2811.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2811, A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal” on October 9, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 29, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 9, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41347
- CBO publication date
- October 9, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2811, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42c798e67dd9bf8fdc22d729ed943e53f3b845f76133a57cfebf5f804393a22d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2811, A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal” on October 9, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 29, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 9, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41347
- CBO publication date
- October 9, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2811, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42c798e67dd9bf8fdc22d729ed943e53f3b845f76133a57cfebf5f804393a22d
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-693 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 21, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/693
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2811, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
42c798e67dd9bf8fdc22d729ed943e53f3b845f76133a57cfebf5f804393a22d
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2811, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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 — 2 Republicans, 16 Democrats
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Eric Massa (D-NY), James Moran (D-VA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Bill Posey (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kendrick Meek.
- H.R. 5655 (111th) To designate the Little River Branch facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the…
- H.Res. 1066 (111th) Recognizing the bravery and efforts of the United States Armed Forces, local first responders, and other members of Operation Unified…
- H.R. 3790 (111th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and…
- H.R. 275 (111th) To repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
- H.R. 1806 (111th) Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2009
- H.R. 422 (111th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2010 and to increase and make permanent the alternative…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.