House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Companionship Exemption Protection Act
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 Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3066.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6457):Commerce Clause: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 68 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3066, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3066
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47134889cf65526657fc94ffdfe039350b9b51283b350b948f32824377f0ead0
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 March 23, 2026). 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
23 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 23 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), Tom Latham (R-IA), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Ron Paul (R-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Greg Walden (R-OR), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry.
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- H.R. 2204 (112th) Employment Impact 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.