House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 17, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3454.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7829):In the U.S. Constitution under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, Commerce Clause.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3454, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3454
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3454, 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Martha Roby.
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.