House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2581.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5150):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 85 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2581, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5ef69ccd25328009155625fd9500e1d9a1673ef10392367c24c07b0dea184933
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. 2581, 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mo Brooks (R-AL), K. Conaway (R-TX), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), H. Griffith (R-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), David Rivera (R-FL), David Roe (R-TN), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Robert Schilling (R-IL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.
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- H.R. 1639 (112th) Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
- H.R. 1723 (112th) Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2011
- H.R. 2568 (112th) To prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits…
- H.R. 3127 (112th) To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress.
- H.R. 1140 (112th) Senior Citizens Income Security 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.