House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 18, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 718.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FILNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H924):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 1, 3, 14, and 18), which grant Congress the power to provide for the general welfare of the United States; to regulate Commerce among the several States; to make rules for the Government; and to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 440 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 718, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/718
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 718, last updated December 5, 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
146 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 99 Democrats
47 of 146 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and 116 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Filner.
- H.R. 802 (112th) A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program.
- H.R. 1484 (112th) Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011
- H.R. 1263 (112th) To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage…
- H.R. 719 (112th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
- H.R. 23 (112th) Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2011
- H.R. 812 (112th) Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011
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.