House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 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. 3003.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6343):Article 1, Section 8 clause l (relating to the general welfare of the United States) and clause 5 (relating to the coinage of money).Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3003, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 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
39 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 31 Democrats
8 of 39 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Steve Israel (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier.
- H.R. 1022 (112th) Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act
- H.R. 3140 (112th) Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act
- H.R. 3435 (112th) STOP Act
- H.R. 210 (112th) Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 2310 (112th) Equal Access to COBRA Act of 2011
- H.R. 3015 (112th) Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2011
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.