1HOUSE · JAN 25, 2012
Passed the House
338–70PASSED
R 159–70 D 179–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 10 · 25 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act
Sponsor: Rep. Jackie Speier D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2011
- Committee actionJun 15, 2011
- Passed HouseJan 25, 2012 · 338–70
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 26, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1022.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1022, Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act” on June 20, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41526
- CBO publication date
- June 20, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1022, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-166 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 20, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/166
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1022, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c30aa05fea3be33df3e3407bc175ab938f3ddde66b6b3cf4c9e360e8e5be317
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1726):Article 1, Section 8: Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce among the states, and provide for the general welfare.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 127 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1022, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c30aa05fea3be33df3e3407bc175ab938f3ddde66b6b3cf4c9e360e8e5be317
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Sent to: Natural Resources Committee, Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1022, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1022. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
28 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 27 Democrats
1 of 28 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Steve Austria (R-OH), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), George Miller (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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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.