House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Restoration of State Sovereignty Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. John Culberson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2917.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CULBERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6181):Tenth Amendment, Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2917, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2917
- 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Culberson.
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- H.R. 6491 (112th) Space Leadership Preservation Act of 2012
- H.R. 6729 (112th) To save at least $10,000,000,000 by consolidating some duplicative and overlapping Government programs.
- H.R. 2694 (112th) Medicare Firewall Act of 2011
- H.R. 2720 (112th) To clarify the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs in providing a benefit or service related to the interment or funeral of a…
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.