House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 25, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1742.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3109):Article I, section 8, clause 1 (related to providing for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States)Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 117 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1742, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1742
- 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. 1742, 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
46 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 39 Democrats
7 of 46 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark Critz (D-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Dingell (D-MI), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Tom Latham (R-IA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Miller.
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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.