House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1385.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2411):Article I, Sect.8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 17 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1385, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a224577b762b2fdbb5f9ddb4a0bc966582a4f3b491ed718742c7cff85924f7e6
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. 1385, 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
34 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 34 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Robert Brady (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Danny Davis (D-IL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Robert Latta (R-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Tom Marino (R-PA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), James Moran (D-VA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Ron Paul (R-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Todd Platts (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), James Renacci (R-OH), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bill Shuster (R-PA) and 4 more.
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.