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 10, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 609.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HANNA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H681):This bill is enacted pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 102 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 609, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
05d0236d5bbaf5dab5958e0b4f3f10b610fced2aacfddd7b8b21398074ddb3b3
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. 609, 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
32 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Dan Burton (R-IN), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Charles Dent (R-PA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Tom Latham (R-IA), Billy Long (R-MO), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Candice Miller (R-MI), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Reid Ribble (R-WI), David Rivera (R-FL), David Roe (R-TN), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and 2 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.