House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Act for the 99%
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 13, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3638.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8880):U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. l and 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3638, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60509a00b7fd2ca14b2b46127c695cf2d5d1837b360ccbdf48734329663cfa26
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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
- H.R. 3319 (112th) To allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to determine the requirements for membership in that tribe.
- H.R. 4222 (112th) Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act
- H.R. 5749 (112th) Arms Sale Responsibility Act of 2012
- H.R. 1547 (112th) Success in the Middle Act of 2011
- H.R. 1548 (112th) Right to Rent Act of 2011
- H.R. 3542 (112th) Medicaid Enhancement and Emergency Job Creation 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.