House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
REFUND Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 4, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1358.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REHBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2293):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 283 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1358, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 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
28 cosponsors — 28 Republicans
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), John Kline (R-MN), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Mike Pence (R-IN), Ted Poe (R-TX), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Lee Terry (R-NE), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Greg Walden (R-OR), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), C. W. Young (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Denny Rehberg.
- H.R. 4606 (112th) To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1158 (112th) Montana Mineral Conveyance Act
- H.R. 420 (112th) Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2011
- H.R. 412 (112th) Kids Just Want to Ride Act
- H.R. 509 (112th) To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Act shall not apply to the gray wolf (canis lupus).
- H.R. 3243 (112th) Common Sense Deficit Reduction 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.