House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the Office of Financial Research.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3044.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CANSECO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6456):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3044, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3044
- 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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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 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Shimkus (R-IL), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
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.