House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit United States contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 680.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUETKEMEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H725):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to explicitly lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; and therefore implicitly allows Congress to cut spending; as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 379 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 680, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/680
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 680, last updated January 3, 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 — 49 Republicans
0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Sam Graves (R-MO), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Wally Herger (R-CA), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) 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.