House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 15, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 531.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H551):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 531, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 531, 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
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Tim Holden (D-PA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dale Kildee (D-MI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), John Tierney (D-MA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
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.