House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 9, 2011
- Committee actionOct 5, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2011 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 991.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 991, Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2011” on November 1, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 5, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42711
- CBO publication date
- November 1, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 991, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-308 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 1, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/308
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 991, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6abb6df7165e91b28df7d09b4a0266166bd4fdcd8bf710a962bdde692374e564
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1666):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 991, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6abb6df7165e91b28df7d09b4a0266166bd4fdcd8bf710a962bdde692374e564
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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
35 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 35 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Steve Austria (R-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Paul Broun (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Mike Coffman (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), John Kline (R-MN), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Tom Marino (R-PA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Young.
- H.R. 4347 (112th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the "Robert Boochever United States…
- H.R. 443 (112th) To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
- H.R. 295 (112th) To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic…
- H.R. 441 (112th) Kantishna Hills Renewable Energy Act of 2011
- H.R. 1408 (112th) Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act
- H.R. 3973 (112th) Native American Energy Act
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.