House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3138.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6673):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 3, and 18.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3138, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c50ca0fe89a264fb671c59faa67ecfab7cc8c758d213f7b430d15de3ee175ad
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. 3138, 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
26 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 25 Democrats
1 of 26 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Dingell (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Sander Levin (D-MI), Ben Luján (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), George Miller (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
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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.