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: Jun 20, 2012 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2985.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6343):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2985, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c864ba5fdbe29aec3291f02caa85012ab9c45b4d0471eb36885d4a8e03845cb6
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. 2985, 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
77 cosponsors — 44 Republicans, 33 Democrats
33 of 77 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Susan Davis (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Barney Frank (D-MA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Al Green (D-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA) and 47 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.