House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Healthcare Fiscal Accountability Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1286.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BACHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2215):This legislation returns to Congress its power to review this funding annually and exercise full oversight as defined by Article I Section 7 of the United States Constitution. Additionally, this bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the people, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 368 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1286, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1286
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77a7636810beeb7b70038acf1cfa98b48740d01db44995568e70046b406128d6
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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
96 cosponsors — 96 Republicans
0 of 96 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), John Culberson (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and 66 more.
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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.