House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2215.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4328):This bill is introduced pursuant to the authority delineated in Article 1, Section 1, which includes an implied power for the Congress to regulate the conduct of the United States with respect to foreign affairs.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 212 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2215, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2215
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
568f7c14523ed5bedb8bb5801c387a51dfbb43d7ae38a5f63e1f1679dcd93ff9
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. 2215, 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
14 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 9 Democrats
5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Berman.
- H.R. 3992 (112th) To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible…
- H.R. 4041 (112th) Export Promotion Reform Act
- H.R. 1842 (112th) DREAM Act of 2011
- H.R. 4229 (112th) Iron Dome Support Act
- H.R. 3288 (112th) Safeguarding United States Satellite Leadership and Security Act of 2011
- H.R. 3017 (112th) Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011
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.