House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 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. 2242.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4332):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2242, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 2242, 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
16 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 14 Democrats
2 of 16 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ron Paul (R-TX), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 2189 (112th) Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011
- H.R. 2721 (112th) Youth Promise Act
- H.R. 1419 (112th) Every Student Counts Act
- H.R. 2316 (112th) Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011
- H.R. 2342 (112th) CAMPUS Safety Act of 2011
- H.R. 3305 (112th) Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement 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.