House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Keith Ellison D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 12, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3619.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ELLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8319):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3619, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3619
- 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Brad Miller (D-NC), George Miller (D-CA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Gary Peters (D-MI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Stark (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Melvin Watt (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Keith Ellison.
- H.Con.Res. 64 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that Social Security benefits should not be reduced.
- H.Res. 733 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any deal replacing the Budget Control Act of 2011 should contain serious revenue…
- H.R. 6411 (112th) Inclusive Prosperity Act
- H.R. 3316 (112th) Voter Access Protection Act of 2011
- H.R. 1293 (112th) Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 3317 (112th) Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2011
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.