House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Vieques Recovery and Development Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Steven Rothman D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1645.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2916):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1645, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8584506b5a2307c33ebecdd838affd22f28ccf278c8be0525d9f1f07f99394b0
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.
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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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Ben Luján (D-NM), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), David Price (D-NC), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Rothman.
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- H.Res. 544 (112th) Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLVI.
- H.R. 724 (112th) SEAM Act of 2011
- H.R. 788 (112th) Phylicia's Law
- H.R. 5848 (112th) Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2012
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.