House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 799.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AUSTRIA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1251):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under 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
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 799, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/799
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e92f584f72c0ac181edc0acc7d2e541307d6b750c55f73697f3eeda4bcd1703
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. 799, 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
25 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 25 cosponsors (72%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH), Allen West (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Austria.
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- H.Res. 606 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the notice signed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection…
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.