House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2982.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6343):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power *** To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 297 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2982, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b251df99238db154189959c1b071af9f55f303a9fe1c893756607674338d675
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. 2982, 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
72 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 38 Democrats
38 of 72 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Karen Bass (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Kay Granger (R-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Larry Kissell (D-NC) and 42 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.