House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 4, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1360.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2293):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Child Protection Improvements Act of 2011 is constitutionally authorized under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. The Necessary and Proper Clause supports the expansion of congressional authority beyond the explicit authorities that are directly discernible from the text. Additionally, the Preamble to the Constitution provides support of the authority to enact legislation to promote the General Welfare.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 517 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1360, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1360
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5796c5e4c424d58bef6c095275a1ba8048c5a333ca58e97226e8debb1c7f4674
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1360, last updated December 5, 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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Dan Boren (D-OK), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robert Dold (R-IL), Barney Frank (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Peter Roskam (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
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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.