1HOUSE · MAR 22, 2012
Passed the House
223–181PASSED
R 216–10 D 7–171
On Passage · roll 126 · 4 present · 23 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2011
- Committee actionFeb 16, 2011
- Passed HouseMar 22, 2012 · 223–181
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 16, 2012 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011” on March 10, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 16, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22053
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011” on May 23, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 11, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41483
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69f1535cda3098b09fa9eebe6f0e5aac089c01ad7e884fd00c29e71646071e1a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011” on March 19, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the Web site of the House Committee on Rules on March 12, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43108
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69f1535cda3098b09fa9eebe6f0e5aac089c01ad7e884fd00c29e71646071e1a
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 112-39,Part 3 ↗; H. Rept. 112-39,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 112-39,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/39
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/39
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/39 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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. GINGREY of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H434):The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, as health care-related lawsuits are activities that affect interstate commerce.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 207 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
5 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 5. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (4) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (4 House). Tap to show.
Mostly votes on amendments (3 of 4). They came during the House’s run of votes on Mar 22. Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Amendment 1 to H.R. 5On agreeing to the amendmentHouse · Mar 22, 2012 · roll 122R 223–5 D 11–168234–173Agreed
- Amendment 2 to H.R. 5On agreeing to the amendmentHouse · Mar 22, 2012 · roll 123R 4–224 D 175–4179–228Failed
- Amendment 5 to H.R. 5On agreeing to the amendmentHouse · Mar 22, 2012 · roll 124R 224–4 D 27–153251–157Agreed
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommit with instructionsHouse · Mar 22, 2012 · roll 125R 1–228 D 179–1180–229Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 5 of 5 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
134 cosponsors — 132 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 134 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Robert Dold (R-IL) and 104 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.