House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act
Sponsor: Rep. David Schweikert R-AZWhere 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. 2977.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6272):Article I, Section 8, (``The Congress shall have Power To . . . coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 172 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2977, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2977
- 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. 2977, 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
14 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 14 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Loebsack (D-IA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), James Renacci (R-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert.
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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.