House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Piracy Suppression Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 2, 2011
- Committee actionSep 8, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 10, 2011 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 183.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2839.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2839, Piracy Suppression Act of 2011” on October 31, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 8, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42656
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2839, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-273 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on November 10, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 10, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/273
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2839, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7035b26d50d5cd46a588c50898f85e0274482ff6ad37dabfaf5b95034b09ec5d
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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. LoBIONDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5936):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2839, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7035b26d50d5cd46a588c50898f85e0274482ff6ad37dabfaf5b95034b09ec5d
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank LoBiondo.
- H.R. 2838 (112th) Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012
- H.Res. 825 (112th) Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendments to H.R. 2838, with an amendment.
- H.R. 2840 (112th) Commercial Vessel Discharges Reform Act of 2011
- H.R. 5887 (112th) Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012
- H.R. 5742 (112th) Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2012
- H.R. 2814 (112th) Furloughed FAA Employees Compensation 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.