House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Balancing Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2346.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WOOLSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4529):This bill is introduced under the powers granted to Congress under Article 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2346, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2346
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
634e95fec04cfdf1f1712731dc9da6eeff6db6da87e337743e7b96c65689f249
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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
59 cosponsors — 59 Democrats
0 of 59 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.