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: Dec 1, 2011 — Committee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2304.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4459):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2304, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2582f4d166def04b8f45a459f53a3454b8ecf7049722c74ec29c1e8d5af42184
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. 2304, 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
40 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 40 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), John Barrow (D-GA), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Andy Harris (R-MD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), John Mica (R-FL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittman.
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- H.R. 258 (112th) Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011
- H.R. 1960 (112th) North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act of 2011
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- H.R. 710 (112th) Telework Tax Incentive Act
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.