House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 30, 2011
- Committee actionOct 5, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 2, 2011 — Committee on Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2830.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2830, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011” on November 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 5, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42736
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2830, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2830
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5932):Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2830, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2830
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8312b44d8a431184f371e4907e4accc416c5ebd0ee5bb2af175a6f2b51175e4c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 14, 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
44 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 30 Democrats
30 of 44 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carter (R-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), John Garamendi (D-CA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), John Lewis (D-GA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Richard Nugent (R-FL), John Olver (D-MA), Mike Pence (R-IN), Ted Poe (R-TX), Charles Rangel (D-NY) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1940 (112th) International Child Abduction Prevention and Return 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.