House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1623.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2915):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1623, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1623
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1623, 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
41 cosponsors — 41 Democrats
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
- H.Con.Res. 99 (112th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to unveil the marker which acknowledges the role…
- H.R. 5799 (112th) Voter Empowerment Act of 2012
- H.Res. 353 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Nelson Mandela International Day.
- H.R. 1190 (112th) Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2011
- H.R. 3522 (112th) Family Act of 2011
- H.R. 3056 (112th) Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative 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.