House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 5, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3109.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6625):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3109, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3109
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3109, 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Lois Capps (D-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 2336 (112th) York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2012
- H.R. 3286 (112th) Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2011
- H.R. 930 (112th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs…
- H.R. 1054 (112th) Access to Certified Professional Midwives Act of 2011
- H.R. 3626 (112th) LIHEAP Protection Act
- H.R. 4346 (112th) REAL Beef Act
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.