House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 9, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 874.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1525):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 125 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 874, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/874
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54c6c6da8cc5e83d4627ec627d4f2ac4028d96ca7eaa726ac435dbf5b8f12814
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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 874, last updated August 14, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Joe Courtney (D-CT), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Owens.
- H.R. 417 (112th) Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2011
- H.R. 2097 (112th) Military Families Affordable Homes Act of 2011
- H.R. 3983 (112th) Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act
- H.R. 1720 (112th) H-2A Improvement Act
- H.R. 3232 (112th) H-2A Improvement Act
- H.R. 3914 (112th) To amend the Export Apple Act to permit the export of apples to Canada in bulk bins without certification by the Department of Agriculture.
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.