House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 689.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H775):Article I, Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 173 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 689, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f70f9542ae7a4badc409d76575d327f255e3bab3ea16ac7d12ea047fef3d5faf
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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 689, last updated December 6, 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
18 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 17 Democrats
1 of 18 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), John Garamendi (D-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Ben Luján (D-NM), Brad Miller (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
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.