House resolution · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives certain documents, records, memos, correspondence, and other communications regarding medical malpractice reform.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 27, 2009
- Committee actionNov 5, 2009
- Passed House—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2009 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 134.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 871.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-341 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 18, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 18, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/341
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 871, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hres/871
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
373aca15f2d85bcadebc70a66b528de33e99517482541ecfcd6adc5cc276462b
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.