House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 865.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1456):This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 865, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/865
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f4506fbf164d6f9fc47960b9259665c51f79409e45d2ee91efa1bc4f5620294
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. 865, 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
59 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 49 Democrats
10 of 59 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Donna Christensen (D-VI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark Critz (D-PA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steve King (R-IA) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Walz.
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- H.R. 1148 (112th) Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act
- H.R. 3236 (112th) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011
- H.R. 1855 (112th) Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011
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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.