House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3547.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8076):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, Article 1, section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution, and Amendment VIII to the U.S. Constitution. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 180 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3547, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3547
- 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Jared Polis (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert Scott (D-VA), Jose Serrano (D-NY) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
- H.R. 2800 (112th) Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2012
- H.R. 5976 (112th) TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act
- H.R. 4470 (112th) Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2012
- H.R. 3502 (112th) Project Rebuild Act of 2011
- H.Res. 362 (112th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3201 (112th) To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
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.