House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Kathy Castor D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 480.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H511):Article I, Section 8, Clause (1) and Clause (3).Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 480, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2a7bb999234e7119ddd016e21411ad5672b3be4f322870d9e900b5de754d60b1
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 480, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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. Kathy Castor.
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- H.R. 3215 (112th) Identify Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act
- H.R. 3482 (112th) Tax Crimes and Identity Theft Prevention Act
- H.J.Res. 89 (112th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.Res. 548 (112th) Acknowledging the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) as a driving factor in the world economy and the contributions of…
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.