House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2011
- Committee actionJul 7, 2011
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2011 · 263–159
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2011 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 527.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 527, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011” on August 24, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 13, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41160
- CBO publication date
- August 24, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 527, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/527
- 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. 527, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011” on August 24, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 7, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41161
- CBO publication date
- August 24, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 527, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d392b9238a0966c9a84a9ef86db8da443f4585b7adaed37a286f99e09620f599
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 112-289,Part 3 ↗; H. Rept. 112-289,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 112-289,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/289
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/289
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/289 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 527, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d392b9238a0966c9a84a9ef86db8da443f4585b7adaed37a286f99e09620f599
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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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H551):Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution; Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, including, but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3 and 18 of Section 8; Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution; and the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 306 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 527, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d392b9238a0966c9a84a9ef86db8da443f4585b7adaed37a286f99e09620f599
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
26 cosponsors — 26 Republicans
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Howard Coble (R-NC), Geoff Davis (R-KY), John Duncan (R-TN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), David McKinley (R-WV), Ted Poe (R-TX), Tom Reed (R-NY), Dennis Ross (R-FL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Michael Turner (R-OH).
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.