House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Balancing Our Obligations for the Long-Term Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3580.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULVANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8261):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3580, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), James Lankford (R-OK), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Paul Ryan (R-WI), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mick Mulvaney.
- H.R. 3029 (112th) Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011
- H.R. 3893 (112th) Subcontracting Transparency and Reliability Act of 2012
- H.R. 4256 (112th) Pool Safety and Accessibility for Everyone (Pool SAFE) Act
- H.R. 4064 (112th) Keeping Promises to Taxpayers Act of 2012
- H.R. 6470 (112th) PESTT Act
- H.R. 4354 (112th) To extend the temporary reduction of duty on 4-Propylbenzaldehyde.
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.