House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-72
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Committee actionJun 15, 2011
- Passed HouseOct 3, 2011 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 18, 2011 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 13, 2011
- Became lawDec 20, 2011
Latest action: Dec 20, 2011 — Became Public Law No: 112-72.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 470.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 470, Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011” on June 20, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 15, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41529
- CBO publication date
- June 20, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 470, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/470
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-159 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 20, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/159
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 470, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
caf61fad2466b67b159fafb98f85be1c1b00c838fea910dcad8b97cbefe21a42
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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. HECK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H511):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 470, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
caf61fad2466b67b159fafb98f85be1c1b00c838fea910dcad8b97cbefe21a42
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
34 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 34 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Dean Heller (R-NV), Michael Honda (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Gary Miller (R-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Benjamin Quayle (R-AZ), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and 4 more.
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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.