House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2011 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 104.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOUSTANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H44):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 104, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/104
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
422425127e67136d8deb5e28f59d8353dad9134ba41d8341d7498b126edc594a
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 104, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
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
196 cosponsors — 108 Republicans, 88 Democrats
88 of 196 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), John Carney (D-DE), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL) and 166 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Boustany.
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- H.R. 1370 (112th) To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- H.R. 1744 (112th) American Job Protection Act
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.