House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Earned Retiree Healthcare Benefits Protection Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 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. 1322.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2267):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1322, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1322
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 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
34 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 33 Democrats
1 of 34 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), George Miller (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Tim Ryan (D-OH) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Tierney.
- H.R. 1339 (112th) To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.
- H.R. 4816 (112th) Stop the Rate Hike Act of 2012
- H.R. 4227 (112th) Workforce Investment Act of 2012
- H.R. 2880 (112th) Contingency Operation and Emergency Oversight Act of 2011
- H.R. 5851 (112th) Increasing Small Business Lending Act of 2012
- H.R. 4084 (112th) Restoring America's Commitment to Consumers Act of 2012
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.