House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 22, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2517.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAPUANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5019):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 192 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2517, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b93597a823c66683ef064ac6669195f2545ea92c8810b8a4e498d20b68309d2
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. 2517, 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
49 cosponsors — 49 Democrats
0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Capuano.
- H.Res. 7 (112th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 8 (112th) Providing for the designation of certain minority employees.
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- H.R. 712 (112th) Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011
- H.Res. 318 (112th) Congratulating the Boston Bruins on winning the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup.
- H.R. 3018 (112th) Corporate Assets Should be used to Hire Act
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.