House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Pitts R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3545.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8076):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3545, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3545
- 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
17 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 17 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mark Critz (D-PA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Tim Holden (D-PA), Billy Long (R-MO), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Todd Platts (R-PA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Melvin Watt (D-NC), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts.
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- H.R. 1217 (112th) To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
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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.