House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 204.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GIFFORDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H103):Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its own pay. This legislation is also consistent with the Twenty-Seventh Amendment of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 182 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 204, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/204
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da277a6c58fdfd22bdfab3d1dcbe6fe0b47ce43fe3d0135fad3c864b99e86ded
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. 204, 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
18 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 17 Democrats
1 of 18 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Mark Critz (D-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Larry Kissell (D-NC), David Loebsack (D-IA), William Owens (D-NY), Ron Paul (R-TX), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Heath Shuler (D-NC), Adam Smith (D-WA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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.