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 Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 642.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H683):This bill protects against infringement upon the essential liberty of freedom of speech, in accordance with Amendment I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 154 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 642, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d3dfc56d47f9fd7c098c3703ec8446ff4fc7d2dd6bf8140496cb60050b82235
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. 642, 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
145 cosponsors — 142 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 other
2 of 145 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), John Culberson (R-TX), Charles Dent (R-PA) and 115 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.