House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 17, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 679.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KISSELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H725):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 168 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 679, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/679
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 679, 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
49 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 37 Democrats
12 of 49 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Diane Black (R-TN), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Bob Filner (D-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Kathleen Hochul (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), David Loebsack (D-IA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Christopher Murphy (D-CT) and 19 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.