House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 20, 2011
- Committee actionMar 3, 2011
- Passed HouseMay 4, 2011 · 251–175
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2011 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” on March 15, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 3, 2011, incorporating a Manager's Amendment”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22063
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-38 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 17, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 17, 2011 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/38
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H396):The constitutional authority on which this bill is based is Congress's power under the Spending Clause in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
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- 147 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3
- 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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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
227 cosponsors — 215 Republicans, 11 Democrats, 1 other
11 of 227 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and 197 more.
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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.