House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 1, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 217.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H136):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 217, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69b9889818181f75d2f9cf84ddf9b29bd014cf1ac9b622d92119b7bf18d270b7
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. 217, 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
178 cosponsors — 174 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 other
3 of 178 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX) and 148 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.