House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 893.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1575):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 893, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/893
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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.
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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
19 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 19 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Howard Coble (R-NC), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Brad Miller (D-NC), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Robert Turner (R-NY), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
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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.