House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To provide a moratorium on the issuance of flood insurance rate maps, to assist property owners in adapting to flood insurance rate map changes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Walberg R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 700.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H775):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; 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; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the…Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 751 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 700, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/700
- 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.
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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
16 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Wally Herger (R-CA), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Tom Petri (R-WI), Aaron Schock (R-IL), John Sullivan (R-OK), Greg Walden (R-OR), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Walberg.
- H.R. 6371 (112th) Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act
- H.R. 750 (112th) Defending America's Affordable Energy and Jobs Act
- H.Res. 662 (112th) Expressing support for prayer at school board meetings.
- H.R. 5970 (112th) Protecting In-Home Care from Government Intrusion Act
- H.R. 5969 (112th) Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care Act
- H.R. 5514 (112th) To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Modified Vinylchloride-Hydroxypropylacrylate copolymer.
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.