House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2012 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3039.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6456):The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, 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
- 334 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3039, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3039
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58f33c3e0a90337e516a9ce65d91bbb1c9a7da2c32fc97af52a880f9ea8e4d2e
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. 3039, 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
40 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 16 Democrats
16 of 40 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Connie Mack (R-FL), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Bill Posey (R-FL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD) and 10 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.