House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Reduce America's Debt Now Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 6, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 6, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2411.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAWFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4672):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the enumerated powers listed in Article I, Section 8, which include the power to ``lay and collect taxes, duties, imports, and excises, to pay the debts. . .''.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 221 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2411, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2411
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 2411, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jeff Denham (R-CA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Austin Scott (R-GA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH).
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.