House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5816.
- 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 H3104):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5816, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5816
- 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.
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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
100 cosponsors — 100 Democrats
0 of 100 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD) and 70 more.
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. 1048 (112th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011
- H.R. 492 (112th) Big Oil Bailout Prevention 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.