House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 28, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1140.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1907):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 119 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1140, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c7e81e5d43b6d1eb366809e3f58fd9cf152a0f17fe6b23976a5c2d85374aee1
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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1140, last updated August 14, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), David McKinley (R-WV), David Rivera (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Allen West (R-FL), C. W. Young (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.
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- H.R. 1639 (112th) Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
- H.R. 1723 (112th) Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2011
- H.R. 2581 (112th) Social Security Check Guarantee Act of 2011
- H.R. 2568 (112th) To prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits…
- H.R. 3127 (112th) To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress.
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.