House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2397.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHILLING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4577):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2397, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d6930f42cc9eed9eacac846821546cb3e1bb022f365b8966d3005483244b300
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2397, last updated December 5, 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
26 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 26 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Robert Dold (R-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Larry Kissell (D-NC), James Lankford (R-OK), David Loebsack (D-IA), Tom Marino (R-PA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Ron Paul (R-TX), Reid Ribble (R-WI), E. Rigell (R-VA), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Joe Walsh (R-IL), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Schilling.
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- H.R. 4177 (112th) Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2012
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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.