House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Rare Earths and Critical Materials Revitalization Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Leonard Boswell D-IAWhere 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 Energy and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 618.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOSWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H682):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 618, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/618
- 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.
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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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bruce Braley (D-IA), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Charles Rangel (D-NY).
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.