House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 712.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAPUANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H923):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 712, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/712
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5bc0eff95b73f5abe9ab72a21b0359fe55464c0526f3d6fdb277bc3feaea4ed7
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. 712, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donna Christensen (D-VI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Heath Shuler (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Capuano.
- H.Res. 7 (112th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 8 (112th) Providing for the designation of certain minority employees.
- H.R. 2517 (112th) Shareholder Protection Act of 2011
- H.R. 2254 (112th) To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the…
- H.Res. 318 (112th) Congratulating the Boston Bruins on winning the 2010-2011 Stanley Cup.
- H.R. 3018 (112th) Corporate Assets Should be used to Hire Act
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.