House concurrent resolution · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Reaffirming "In God We Trust" as the official motto of the United States and supporting and encouraging the public display of the national motto in all public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Committee actionMar 17, 2011
- Passed HouseNov 1, 2011 · 396–9
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Nov 2, 2011 — Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 13.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-47 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 31, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 31, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/47
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 13, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hconres/13
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
195d6d6b8a7bc69129cc0cfd1713877913973bc4ae8cdf478828b58eff66df95
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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
64 cosponsors — 60 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 64 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Paul Broun (R-GA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Bill Flores (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), H. Griffith (R-VA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Gregg Harper (R-MS) and 34 more.
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.