House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2011
- Committee actionMar 29, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 1, 2012 — Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Walz (MN). Petition No: 112-3. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/112/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0003.xml ">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1148.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1985):This bill is enacted pursuant to Sections 5 and 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1148, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b56d5d4bc595f48c768b5134529e274c94c28cf78ae9ebe2f6c4ce0f3e11c946
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 noteOn 2/1/2012, a motion was filed to discharge the Committees on Financial Services, Agriculture, House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, and Rules from the consideration of H.R.1148. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 112-3: text with signatures.) For further action, see S.2038, which became Public Law 112-105 on 4/4/2012.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1148, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b56d5d4bc595f48c768b5134529e274c94c28cf78ae9ebe2f6c4ce0f3e11c946
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. 1148, 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
286 cosponsors — 99 Republicans, 187 Democrats
99 of 286 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Rick Berg (R-ND), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and 256 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 2038 (112th) STOCK ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.