House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
STOP Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 13, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 13, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3186.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6921):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3186, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3186
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
778eebd553b5c39a44a003f13cde9c07faab8176e8e03e14c00d3e781b2cf081
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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3186, last updated January 10, 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
39 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 38 Democrats
1 of 39 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), James Himes (D-CT), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Peter King (R-NY), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
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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.