House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-28
To provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater authority and discretion in enforcing the consumer product safety laws, and for other purposes.
Became law on Aug 12, 2011.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2011
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseAug 1, 2011 · 421–2
- Passed SenateAug 1, 2011 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentAug 5, 2011
- Became lawAug 12, 2011
Latest action: Aug 12, 2011 — Became Public Law No: 112-28.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2715.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BONO MACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5885):Clauses 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution the United States 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 April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 204 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2715, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6832bede946544852c077692bcb0df6acd76c7b14894715c8c9584618e491c4a
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), John Dingell (D-MI), Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Fred Upton (R-MI), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mary Bono Mack.
- H.R. 6131 (112th) To extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes.
- H.Con.Res. 127 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet…
- H.Res. 57 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations and other international governmental organizations shall not…
- H.R. 1316 (112th) Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2011
- H.R. 4059 (112th) To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a position for a representative of Indian Tribes on the Joint Board overseeing the…
- H.R. 2119 (112th) Ryan Creedon 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.