House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2011
- Committee actionApr 11, 2011
- Passed HouseApr 13, 2011 · 236–183
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 2011 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1217.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1217, a bill to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund” on April 8, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 5, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22095
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1217, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-57 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 11, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/57
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1217, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d9e98d9c79f0b6626984ab5317ba00a368ced5ebd1c0de7f97a27d3a5497488
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2038):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1217, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d9e98d9c79f0b6626984ab5317ba00a368ced5ebd1c0de7f97a27d3a5497488
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1217, last updated April 21, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Stevan Pearce (R-NM).
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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.