House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Decrease Spending Now Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1111.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PRICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1906):Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I whereby Congress is given the authority to appropriate moneys in the Treasury.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 113 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1111, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1111
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 1111, 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
55 cosponsors — 55 Republicans
0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Diane Black (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Dan Burton (R-IN), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tom Graves (R-GA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), H. Griffith (R-VA), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Andy Harris (R-MD), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Lankford (R-OK), Robert Latta (R-OH), Billy Long (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Price.
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- H.R. 6490 (112th) Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2012
- H.R. 2077 (112th) MLR Repeal Act of 2011
- H.R. 4066 (112th) Health Information Technology Reform Act
- H.R. 1700 (112th) Medicare Patient Empowerment 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.