House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Government Neutrality in Contracting Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 18, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 735.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SULLIVAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1039):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 735, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/735
- 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.
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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
180 cosponsors — 179 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 180 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI) and 150 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sullivan.
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- H.R. 2681 (112th) Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
- H.R. 1380 (112th) New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011
- H.R. 451 (112th) Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011
- H.R. 1278 (112th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating the…
- H.R. 1705 (112th) Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation 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.