House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2131.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSEN of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4036):Under Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, ``the House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States.'' As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.'' I was elected in 2010 to serve in the 112th Congress as certified by the Secretary of State of Washington state. Article III, Section 2 states that the Supreme Court has ``the judicial power'' that ``shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States.'' Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that the Supreme Court is the supreme law of the land…Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,227 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2131, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
653123080fe5346e6ffe3f09153d933ab854cc4713dd1598453c13bfab35ed05
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. 2131, 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
61 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 32 Democrats
29 of 61 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Norman Dicks (D-WA), John Duncan (R-TN), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kathleen Hochul (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC) and 31 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.