House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2011
- Committee actionJul 28, 2011
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2011 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2011 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1852.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1852, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011” on August 9, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 28, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41145
- CBO publication date
- August 9, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1852, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-205 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 12, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2011 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/205
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1852, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
18e50c35c9ec1e3f4ed649e475a888230b4ac0b9c20b690dbd277a37f019cacc
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3220):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: 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 Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 369 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1852, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
18e50c35c9ec1e3f4ed649e475a888230b4ac0b9c20b690dbd277a37f019cacc
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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
114 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 74 Democrats
74 of 114 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Charles Dent (R-PA), Norman Dicks (D-WA) and 84 more.
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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.