House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. James Langevin D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3266.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7133-H7134):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, ``to provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 248 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3266, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3266
- 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
27 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 22 Democrats
5 of 27 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), David Cicilline (D-RI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Lee Terry (R-NE).
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.