House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Posey R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1639.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2916):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1639, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1639
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32003f4939381da835e5a7203ac9b3f989011085afe894ca01125f99bb166870
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1639, last updated December 5, 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
220 cosponsors — 168 Republicans, 52 Democrats
52 of 220 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Sandy Adams (R-FL), W. Akin (R-MO), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Steve Austria (R-OH), Joe Baca (D-CA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Lou Barletta (R-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and 190 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.
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- H.R. 1723 (112th) Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2011
- H.R. 2581 (112th) Social Security Check Guarantee Act of 2011
- H.R. 2568 (112th) To prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits…
- H.R. 3127 (112th) To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress.
- H.R. 1140 (112th) Senior Citizens Income Security 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.