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 28, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 591.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCARTHY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H600):This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 591, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a52f6668b059e507dc29725e2c54fd4c543a3c5bf51084ee9d83871bbda9ce0
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. 591, 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
31 cosponsors — 31 Democrats
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Lois Capps (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), James Himes (D-CT), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), David Price (D-NC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA) and 1 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.