House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 18, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 605.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H681):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 605, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/605
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9ede5bb3f12a71495747e5c447c85524fcce916005e53005e8d448e83dfb83b7
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 605, last updated December 5, 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
130 cosponsors — 130 Republicans
0 of 130 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX) and 100 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen.
- H.R. 436 (112th) Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012
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- H.R. 2505 (112th) Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act
- H.R. 1416 (112th) Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act
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- H.R. 2010 (112th) Family and Retirement Health Investment 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.