House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Renee Ellmers R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2011
- Committee actionMay 4, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 1, 2011 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 85.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1425.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1425, Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011” on May 18, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on May 4, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41478
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1425, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1425, Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011” on June 2, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on May 11, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41501
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1425, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 112-90,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 112-90,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 1, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/90
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/90 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1425, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2535):Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 2 (regulating commerce between the several states); Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 7 (promoting the progress of science and the useful, by for a limited time granting them exclusive rights to their works); Art I, sec. 8, cl. 11 and 12 (raising army and navies).Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 270 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1425, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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.
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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
26 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 26 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Sam Graves (R-MO), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ben Luján (D-NM), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Benjamin Quayle (R-AZ), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Joe Walsh (R-IL), Allen West (R-FL), Steve Womack (R-AR), David Wu (D-OR).
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.