House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 20, 2011
- Committee actionMar 17, 2011
- Passed HouseOct 13, 2011 · 251–172
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2011 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 358.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 358, Protect Life Act” on February 28, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 15, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 28, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22040
- CBO publication date
- February 28, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 358, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-40 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 17, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 17, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/40
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 358, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
959a5e74bc26d746d85fdc03b5cf0be0f6c0c0c91dba1d701f9ae0b1047a9288
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- 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 H396):The Protect Life Act would overturn an unconstitutional mandate regarding abortion in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 358, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/358
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
959a5e74bc26d746d85fdc03b5cf0be0f6c0c0c91dba1d701f9ae0b1047a9288
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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
145 cosponsors — 138 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 other
6 of 145 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Rick Berg (R-ND), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Eric Crawford (R-AR) and 115 more.
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.