House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Posey R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3127.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6673):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3127, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3127
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b2a533678dfbb80eb982bc2f19d3ed450029fade0e844c9643daa602fc32441
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
15 cosponsors — 15 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kevin Brady (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Ron Paul (R-TX), Reid Ribble (R-WI), David Roe (R-TN), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Austin Scott (R-GA), Joe Walsh (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.
- H.R. 2338 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the "Harry T. and…
- H.R. 1639 (112th) Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011
- H.R. 1723 (112th) Common Sense Economic Recovery Act of 2011
- H.R. 2581 (112th) Social Security Check Guarantee Act of 2011
- H.R. 2568 (112th) To prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with respect to interest on deposits…
- H.R. 1140 (112th) Senior Citizens Income Security 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.