House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 492.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HOLT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H512):Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 492, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
414f498fc0ea76907c7a0618bd1451645a115069ca829f59bea8956b02ae01ea
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. 492, 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
24 cosponsors — 24 Democrats
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bruce Braley (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt.
- H.R. 2489 (112th) American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2012
- H.R. 5816 (112th) Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2011
- H.R. 1048 (112th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011
- H.R. 1089 (112th) Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act
- H.R. 4225 (112th) School Environment Protection Act
- H.R. 1966 (112th) Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act
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.