House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a commission on urotrauma.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUTHRIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2915):Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 The Congress shall have Power to raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer term than two Years;Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1612, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1612
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 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
26 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 26 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Andy Harris (R-MD), Walter Jones (R-NC), Peter King (R-NY), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Ben Luján (D-NM), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), James Renacci (R-OH), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Mike Ross (D-AR), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Edward Whitfield (R-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brett Guthrie.
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- H.R. 4711 (112th) To extend the temporary suspension of duty on leather basketballs.
- H.R. 4712 (112th) To extend the temporary suspension of duty on volleyballs.
- H.R. 4713 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on rubber basketballs.
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.