House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESHOO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4458):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper. Article IV, Section 3: ``. . . Congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the . . . property belonging to the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2281, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e070d3117dfc6015fbb8fa495e81378d5a3b920979a18193552e1d339bf5731d
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. 2281, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo.
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- H.R. 2679 (112th) PREEMIE Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 1695 (112th) Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011
- H.R. 1009 (112th) Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act
- H.R. 6686 (112th) Mercury Use Reduction Act of 2012
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.