House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 546.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORBES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H552):Article I, Section 8, Clause 13; Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 546, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a90fa4d7902af505808dd3c919cc02fa578d248f464bf653f5b77ee03b641d76
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. 546, 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
155 cosponsors — 95 Republicans, 60 Democrats
60 of 155 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Chip Cravaack (R-MN) and 125 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Forbes.
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- H.Res. 253 (112th) Affirming the rich spiritual and religious history of our Nation's founding and subsequent history and expressing support for designation…
- H.Res. 441 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that further reductions to core national security funding will cause significant harm…
- H.R. 2951 (112th) Patients First Act of 2011
- H.Res. 74 (112th) Urging the Federal courts to expedite disposition of actions challenging the constitutionality of provisions of the Patient Protection and…
- H.Res. 616 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States relations with the People's Republic of China.
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.