House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2505.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4946):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2505, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3bb819e9bee41b245224ab58b0dd1013baa9a5f2cd5cf88d26695751762bd0fc
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. 2505, 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
77 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 58 Democrats
58 of 77 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Charles Dent (R-PA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC) and 47 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen.
- H.R. 436 (112th) Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012
- H.R. 3659 (112th) Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act
- H.R. 605 (112th) Patients' Freedom to Choose Act
- H.R. 1416 (112th) Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act
- H.Con.Res. 116 (112th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically and continue to provide critical…
- H.R. 2010 (112th) Family and Retirement Health Investment 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.