House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Ross D-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 941.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H1619-H1620):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare Clause); Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause).Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 119 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 941, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/941
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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.
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.
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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
40 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 33 Democrats
7 of 40 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark Critz (D-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Tom Latham (R-IA), John Lewis (D-GA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Michael Michaud (D-ME) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Ross.
- H.R. 645 (112th) Second Amendment Enforcement Act
- H.R. 2140 (112th) Medicare Hearing Health Care Enhancement Act of 2011
- H.R. 2233 (112th) Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act of 2011
- H.R. 3260 (112th) Strengthening Community Safety Act of 2011
- H.R. 1682 (112th) American-Made Energy Act of 2011
- H.R. 4773 (112th) To extend the suspension of duty on Bifenazate.
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.