House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2011 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1212.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H2037-H2038):Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution states that Congress shall have the power ``To declare War,'' ``To raise and support Armies,'' ``To provide and maintain a Navy,'' and ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.'' Although the Constitution's Article II, Section 2 designates the President as ``Commander in Chief,'' that title does not empower the President to order congressionally unauthorized force when the United States has not been attacked or is not in imminent danger of attack. This bill reclaims Congress's core constitutional prerogative to control when offensive military force is used.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1212, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1212
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1212, 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
14 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 14 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Michael Capuano (D-MA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Duncan (R-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), H. Griffith (R-VA), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX), Pete Stark (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash.
- H.J.Res. 81 (112th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.J.Res. 73 (112th) Proposing a spending limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 3814 (112th) To prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.
- H.R. 6495 (112th) Commemorative Coins Reform Act of 2012
- H.J.Res. 49 (112th) Constitutional Alternative to the War Powers Afghanistan Withdrawal Resolution
- H.R. 4268 (112th) Export-Import Bank Termination Act of 2012
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.