House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2951.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORBES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6232):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2951, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2951
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5fdd63ec24c400d7dd3a2d58f96ae5d10cf06c6f9396e9fe960a1d430b7ab15f
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2951, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
30 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 30 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Steve Austria (R-OH), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), John Fleming (R-LA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Steve King (R-IA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Robert Latta (R-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Mike Pence (R-IN), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), David Roe (R-TN), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Forbes.
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- H.Res. 253 (112th) Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation…
- H.Res. 441 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that further reductions to core national security funding will cause significant harm…
- H.Res. 74 (112th) Urging the Federal courts to expedite disposition of actions challenging the constitutionality of provisions of the Patient Protection and…
- H.Res. 616 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States relations with the People's Republic of China.
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.