House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Freedom to Invest Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1834.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3219):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1834, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1834
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
76a387e8aaf8316f102fa9b1761af67fec415532a579d837792eebfa87472d35
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. 1834, 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
109 cosponsors — 93 Republicans, 16 Democrats
16 of 109 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), John Barrow (D-GA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), John Campbell (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), James Cooper (D-TN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and 79 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.
- H.R. 1845 (112th) Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012
- H.R. 1259 (112th) Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011
- H.R. 942 (112th) American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
- H.R. 4180 (112th) Sound Dollar Act of 2012
- H.R. 476 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
- H.R. 2649 (112th) PHIT Act of 2011
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.