House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans, Women, Families with Children, and Persons With Disabilities Housing Fairness Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Al Green D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 284.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H203):General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 1); Commerce Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 3); Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 sec. 8 cl. 18).Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 284, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/284
- 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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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.
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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
33 cosponsors — 33 Democrats
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Pete Stark (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.
- H.R. 3298 (112th) Homes for Heroes Act of 2011
- H.Res. 36 (112th) Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
- H.Res. 567 (112th) Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
- H.R. 287 (112th) Homes for Heroes Act of 2011
- H.Con.Res. 130 (112th) Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 103rd anniversary.
- H.Con.Res. 19 (112th) Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 102nd anniversary.
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.