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 House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 638.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H683):Article 1, Section 9: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 638, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0664356470f00603203999c65a677945500fb06c7709f79fde0d0d89d7f91b53
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. 638, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Johnson.
- H.Con.Res. 80 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations or NATO should investigate the treatment of black Africans in Libya.
- H.R. 1553 (112th) To include Livingston, Union, and Stephenson Counties in Illinois to the Lincoln National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3082 (112th) Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011
- H.R. 3081 (112th) To authorize the use of certain rail relocation funding for high-speed rail projects.
- H.R. 3543 (112th) National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011
- H.R. 3774 (112th) Citizen Legislator Act of 2012
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.