House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-158
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012
Became law on Aug 10, 2012.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2011
- Committee actionNov 2, 2011
- Passed HouseDec 14, 2011 · 410–11
- Passed SenateMay 21, 2012 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesAug 1, 2012
- To the PresidentAug 3, 2012
- Became lawAug 10, 2012
Latest action: Aug 10, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-158.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1905.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1905, Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011” on December 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as provided by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 8, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42834
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1905, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1905
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94108e6a8b4bfb93b397f85f9135f7e7fadc0d7c74cf5cbdfe41ec45d1df205f
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3303):Article 1, Section 8 (The Constitutional authorities cited in our Committee reports on legislation during the past several years are highlighted on the other side of this page. The overwhelming majority have cited ``article I, section 8 of the Constitution.'' A handful had slightly more specific citations to ``article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution.'' A couple bills with trade/sanctions components have cited ``article I, section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the Constitution.'' And one anti-trafficking bill (with significant domestic law enforcement components) cited ``article I, section 8 of the Constitution and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.'' The one consistent…Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 795 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1905, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1905
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94108e6a8b4bfb93b397f85f9135f7e7fadc0d7c74cf5cbdfe41ec45d1df205f
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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
364 cosponsors — 218 Republicans, 146 Democrats
146 of 364 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Sandy Adams (R-FL), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Steve Austria (R-OH), Joe Baca (D-CA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Karen Bass (D-CA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and 334 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
- H.R. 4240 (112th) Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012
- H.R. 2105 (112th) Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act of 2011
- H.R. 6018 (112th) Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2013
- H.Res. 568 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a…
- H.Con.Res. 145 (112th) Calling for universal condemnation of the North Korean missile launch of December 12, 2012.
- H.R. 6649 (112th) Naval Vessels Transfer 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.