House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Leonard Boswell D-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 2, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2091.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOSWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3986):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2091, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2091
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a16844fae23afb47dd3bf1ca8c8c73c051914f29bdc287f0c4f72ed03143d591
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. 2091, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Mark Critz (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Tim Holden (D-PA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Dale Kildee (D-MI), David Loebsack (D-IA), James McGovern (D-MA), Brad Miller (D-NC), David Price (D-NC), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), David Wu (D-OR).
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.