House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
VHA Ophthalmologic Service Establishment Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Benishek R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3216.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENISHEK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6977):Article 1, Section 8 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for common DefenceSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 86 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3216, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3216
- 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.
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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
24 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 24 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Dave Camp (R-MI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Ben Luján (D-NM), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
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.