House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 3, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1689.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2999):Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 1 and the 16th AmendmentSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1689, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e587a47a3047b751090c989f7fdeded0d97e728b417efad85581187f4a6f074d
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. 1689, 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
56 cosponsors — 56 Democrats
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), John Carney (D-DE), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers (D-MI), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.