House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2011 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1154.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1986):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1154, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1154
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e370d50e9fd93d279e89a5d0812467690112525a1ee98617368e0e72073a32f
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. 1154, 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
69 cosponsors — 46 Republicans, 23 Democrats
23 of 69 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), John Culberson (R-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Charles Dent (R-PA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and 39 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.