House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 218.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H136):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 218, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3094dba96c7c72d1bd73a6232dc17ebbc74e578c6baf89fc0545ab5ea0a63b3d
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. 218, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Pete Stark (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
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.