House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Aaron Schock R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2479.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4794):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 147 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2479, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2479, 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
51 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 42 Democrats
42 of 51 cosponsors (82%) are from the other party.
Rick Berg (R-ND), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), David Cicilline (D-RI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI), John Larson (D-CT), John Lewis (D-GA), David Loebsack (D-IA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Aaron Schock.
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- H.R. 1653 (112th) To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under the administrative…
- H.R. 1792 (112th) Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act
- H.R. 389 (112th) End the Stimulus Advertisement Act
- H.R. 6267 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the tax on Olympic medals won by United States athletes.
- H.R. 1936 (112th) Medicare Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2011
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.