House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1328.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HINCHEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2267):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1328, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1328
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5672a679b80049b1118eb55ff204bb17bb9162aa30c7db04c83d9753916c2e5b
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. 1328, 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
12 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 11 Democrats
1 of 12 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ron Paul (R-TX), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maurice Hinchey.
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- H.R. 777 (112th) Small Distillery Excise Tax Act of 2011
- H.R. 2328 (112th) End Excessive Oil Speculation Now Act of 2011
- H.R. 2488 (112th) SERVE Act of 2011
- H.R. 3299 (112th) To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply to retiree-only health plans the extension of dependent health coverage for…
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.