House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 681.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H725):The Constitutional authority for this bill is Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States, which allows Congress to do that which is necessary and proper for the execution of laws. In this case, it is necessary and proper to direct the EPA to avoid the excess and duplicative regulation of dairy farmers and producers.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 336 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 681, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/681
- 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.
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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
23 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 23 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Diane Black (R-TN), John Carter (R-TX), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Robert Latta (R-OH), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Gary Miller (R-CA), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Devin Nunes (R-CA), William Owens (D-NY), Tom Petri (R-WI), Tom Reed (R-NY), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Michael Simpson (R-ID).
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.