House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1831.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3219):This act is justified by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution that, by granting Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several states, allows Congress to prevent the federal government from interfering in Americans' ability to grow and process industrial hemp and by the Ninth Amendment and Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution that recognizes that rights and powers are retained and reserved by the people and the states.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 463 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1831, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ebd098ccf227425904fa583b7beb33d00a48ebad74061be743e3c998201bdb42
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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1831, last updated December 6, 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
37 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 28 Democrats, 1 other
28 of 37 cosponsors (76%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), John Campbell (R-CA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), George Miller (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul.
- H.R. 459 (112th) Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012
- H.R. 219 (112th) Social Security Preservation Act of 2011
- H.Con.Res. 31 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the President is required to obtain in advance specific statutory authorization for the use of…
- H.R. 3785 (112th) To repeal section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
- H.R. 1830 (112th) To authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.
- H.R. 6342 (112th) Compassionate Freedom of Choice Act of 2012
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.