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 11, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1744.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOUSTANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3110):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1744, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1744
- 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. 1744, 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
213 cosponsors — 209 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 other
3 of 213 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Steve Austria (R-OH), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Dan Boren (D-OK), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX) and 183 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Boustany.
- H.R. 3412 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the…
- H.R. 1173 (112th) Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011
- H.R. 3567 (112th) WIN for Children and Families Act
- H.R. 1004 (112th) Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act of 2012
- H.R. 1370 (112th) To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- H.R. 104 (112th) RAMP Act
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.