House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Southwest Cross-border Violence Recognition Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Francisco Canseco R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2124.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CANSECO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4036):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to provide for the common defense, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 195 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2124, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2124
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mo Brooks (R-AL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Candice Miller (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Francisco Canseco.
- H.R. 6368 (112th) Border Security Information Improvement Act of 2012
- H.R. 1588 (112th) Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act
- H.R. 3100 (112th) San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act
- H.R. 3044 (112th) To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the Office of Financial Research.
- H.Res. 480 (112th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and officers and employees…
- H.J.Res. 108 (112th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rules submitted by the Department of the…
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.