House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Keith Ellison D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1293.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ELLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2215):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
251f2915ba0ed5da1ad88e991e0c28ce580081d8a00dce5e486cf7c97e9dd7b3
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 December 5, 2025). 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Jared Polis (D-CO), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Keith Ellison.
- H.Con.Res. 64 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that Social Security benefits should not be reduced.
- H.Res. 733 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any deal replacing the Budget Control Act of 2011 should contain serious revenue…
- H.R. 3619 (112th) Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2011
- H.R. 6411 (112th) Inclusive Prosperity Act
- H.R. 3316 (112th) Voter Access Protection Act of 2011
- H.R. 3317 (112th) Same Day Voter Registration 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.