House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Gulf War Syndrome `Presumptive Illness' Extension Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Larry Kissell D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 6, 2012 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2996.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KISSELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6343):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 109 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2996, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Joe Courtney (D-CT), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), David Roe (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Larry Kissell.
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- H.R. 694 (112th) Teacher Tax Deduction Act of 2011
- H.R. 679 (112th) Berry Amendment Extension Act
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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.