House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 5, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 59.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H43):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
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 59, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/59
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
33e9499acab4966295b397330a7429ee31d08b51943cfee9de26efa62b3431ab
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. 59, 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
60 cosponsors — 60 Republicans
0 of 60 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tom Graves (R-GA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), John Kline (R-MN) and 30 more.
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.