House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6272):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 288 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2970, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2970, last updated December 5, 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
35 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 31 Democrats
4 of 35 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Sam Farr (D-CA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Brad Miller (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), James Renacci (R-OH), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) and 5 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.