House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To limit United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority if the Palestinian Authority unilaterally declares a Palestinian state.
Sponsor: Rep. Shelley Berkley D-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1592.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BERKLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2914):Article 1, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states that all legislative powers are vested in the Congress of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 129 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1592, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1592
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 28, 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 April 28, 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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Robert Brady (D-PA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Steven Rothman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shelley Berkley.
- H.R. 1172 (112th) Medicare Lung Cancer Early Detection Promotion Act of 2011
- H.J.Res. 83 (112th) Disapproving the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and defense services to Turkey.
- H.R. 1958 (112th) Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2011
- H.R. 1514 (112th) To limit United States assistance to Egypt unless Egypt is honoring its commitments under the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
- H.R. 468 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and…
- H.R. 1757 (112th) To make permanent the estate tax provisions enacted as part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation…
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.