House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 2011 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 854.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1455):Article I, Section 8; Article IV, Section 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 854, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
159 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 137 Democrats
22 of 159 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 129 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr.
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.