House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
S.O.S Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6311.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5709):Article. I, Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6311, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6311
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4808ae3d36d6167a3e78204dbfa0006ed378bcc36449cda5cbe8a06a5365b547
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
32 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 29 Democrats
3 of 32 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), James Moran (D-VA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), John Tierney (D-MA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY) 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.