House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Right to Rent Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1548.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2856):U.S. Const. art., I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1548, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
db7bc524d028c8e02e81400b626061eae3609edac380748b0fa804713449a8a1
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. 1548, 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Pete Stark (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
- H.R. 3319 (112th) To allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to determine the requirements for membership in that tribe.
- H.R. 4222 (112th) Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act
- H.R. 5749 (112th) Arms Sale Responsibility Act of 2012
- H.R. 3638 (112th) Act for the 99%
- H.R. 1547 (112th) Success in the Middle Act of 2011
- H.R. 3542 (112th) Medicaid Enhancement and Emergency Job Creation 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.