House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Girls Protection Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 25, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2221.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CROWLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4329):Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2221, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2221
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
851f8e1583536d82731ad26b35e4c88ba9d8b9691c78f4d67cce84ecfec324ac
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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2221, last updated January 10, 2026. 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
25 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 11 Democrats
14 of 25 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Charles Dent (R-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Peter King (R-NY), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley.
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- H.Res. 785 (112th) Condemning the discrimination, hate crimes, racism, bigotry, bullying and brutal violence perpetrated against Sikh-Americans, and all acts…
- H.R. 4378 (112th) Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012
- H.Res. 190 (112th) Honoring the life of Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro, the first woman selected by a major political party as its candidate for Vice…
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.