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 4, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1695.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESHOO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2999):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 388 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1695, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1695
- 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. 1695, 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), John Larson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), George Miller (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
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.