House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2011
- Committee actionOct 6, 2011
- Passed HouseDec 13, 2011 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2011 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 313.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 313, Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011” on December 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 6, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42831
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 313, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-324 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 12, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2011 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/324
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 313, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H256):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 313, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
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- H.R. 5949 (112th) FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012
- H.R. 394 (112th) Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011
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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.