House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1873.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3280):Article I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 24 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
81 cosponsors — 81 Democrats
0 of 81 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX) and 51 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.