House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Breaking Barriers to Oral Health Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Simpson R-IDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 5, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1666.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIMPSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2934):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clauses 1 and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 referring to general welfare authority and necessary and proper authority.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 159 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1666, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1666
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b3eb147aa12412e6f022750bdc0489a310cabcbd61fd6522a806cd190126c9a
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. 1666, 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
32 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 31 Democrats
31 of 32 cosponsors (97%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Larry Kissell (D-NC), David Loebsack (D-IA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Laura Richardson (D-CA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Simpson.
- H.R. 2050 (112th) Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act
- H.R. 2584 (112th) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 6091 (112th) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.R. 2776 (112th) Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2011
- H.R. 2143 (112th) Idaho Efficient Vehicle Demonstration Act of 2011
- H.R. 162 (112th) Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization 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.