House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Transportation Empowerment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 27, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3264.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7133):Tenth Amendment-- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Article I, Section 8-- The Congress shall have Power . . . To establish Post Offices and Post RoadsSource: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 279 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3264, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3264
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
48 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Justin Amash (L-MI), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Diane Black (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), John Culberson (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Raul Labrador (R-ID), James Lankford (R-OK), Billy Long (R-MO), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Stevan Pearce (R-NM) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Graves.
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.