House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 465.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALEXANDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H510-H511):Clause 1, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution, which states, ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 186 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 465, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/465
- 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rodney Alexander.
- H.Con.Res. 35 (112th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
- H.J.Res. 104 (112th) Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United…
- H.R. 3162 (112th) To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from implementing certain rules relating to employment of aliens described in section…
- H.R. 764 (112th) Fair Treatment of Existing Levees Act of 2011
- H.R. 1130 (112th) Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2011
- H.R. 1078 (112th) To make technical corrections to section 3013(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007.
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.