House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 2011
- Committee actionNov 17, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2011 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3071.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3071, Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2011” on January 20, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 17, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 20, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42936
- CBO publication date
- January 20, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3071, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3071
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3637e51382bd74f33a70433e087181b4a7ad8fe9963c66ae01e2c2f6bf7b8d56
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TOWNS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6467):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3071, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3071
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3637e51382bd74f33a70433e087181b4a7ad8fe9963c66ae01e2c2f6bf7b8d56
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 committee report (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3071, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bruce Braley (D-IA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Edolphus Towns.
- H.R. 4053 (112th) Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
- H.R. 1106 (112th) Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act
- H.R. 1449 (112th) Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2011
- H.R. 2159 (112th) PROSTATE Act
- H.R. 3405 (112th) Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act
- H.R. 683 (112th) Urban Jobs 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.