House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Committee actionMar 10, 2011
- Passed HouseMar 30, 2011 · 225–195
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2011 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 471.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act” on March 14, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 10, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 14, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22062
- CBO publication date
- March 14, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 471, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/471
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 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. 112-36 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 17, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 17, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/36
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 471, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/471
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. BOEHNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H511):Clause 1 and Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 138 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 471, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/471
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0cd146f0539ca218b5db2f90dc0e6457ce5dc17ba1b28247a6c29c96e615426b
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
50 cosponsors — 49 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 50 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), David Dreier (R-CA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Fleming (R-LA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), John Kline (R-MN), Robert Latta (R-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Candice Miller (R-MI), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 32 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011.
- H.Res. 497 (112th) To provide for the placement of a statue or bust of Sir Winston Churchill in the United States Capitol.
- H.R. 6 (112th) Reserved for the Speaker.
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.