House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
STOP the FEDS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 1, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 118.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEMING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H45):This bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the people, in accordance to Amendment X of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 176 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 118, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/118
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 118, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Duncan (R-TN), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ron Paul (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Fleming.
- H.R. 361 (112th) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2011
- H.R. 1058 (112th) Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2011
- H.Res. 826 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should retain its authority to borrow money on the credit of the United…
- H.R. 38 (112th) To rescind funds appropriated to the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund under the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of…
- H.J.Res. 3 (112th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.
- H.R. 3009 (112th) National Wildlife Refuge Review Act of 2011
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.