House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 7, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 238.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. EMERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H137):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to raise and maintain armed forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, and 14 of the United States Constitution, as well as the power to lay and collect taxes, provide for the common defense and general welfare, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 359 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 238, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5005c7610b71ec7bcd82616768d677fe8b79094d63b4774e3c7c02d924043396
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. 238, 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Billy Long (R-MO), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Mike Rogers (R-AL), C. W. Young (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jo Emerson.
- H.R. 2434 (112th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 6020 (112th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.R. 1426 (112th) Physical Therapist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2011
- H.Res. 298 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is need for specified agencies to coordinate and capitalize on existing…
- H.J.Res. 13 (112th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of…
- H.Con.Res. 7 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to prevent the closure or consolidation of post offices.
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.