House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2954.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6232):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2954, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
83 cosponsors — 83 Democrats
0 of 83 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and 53 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.