House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 583.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H600):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 583, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/583
- 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. 583, 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
53 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 51 Democrats
2 of 53 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), André Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 2192 (112th) National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2011
- H.R. 3866 (112th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the Civil Rights movement.
- H.R. 2028 (112th) Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 321 (112th) Equal Employment for All Act
- H.R. 1046 (112th) Honor the WISH Act
- H.R. 2210 (112th) Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011
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.