House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Rush Holt D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 11, 2011
- Committee actionApr 25, 2012
- Passed HouseSep 10, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2012 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 505.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2489.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2489, American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011” on May 4, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 25, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 4, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43221
- CBO publication date
- May 4, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2489, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2489
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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. 112-605 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 17, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/605
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2489, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2489
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. HOLT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4851):Article I of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2489, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2489
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
John Dingell (D-MI), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), James McGovern (D-MA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt.
- H.R. 5816 (112th) Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2011
- H.R. 1048 (112th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011
- H.R. 492 (112th) Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act of 2011
- H.R. 1089 (112th) Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act
- H.R. 4225 (112th) School Environment Protection Act
- H.R. 1966 (112th) Foreign Language Education Partnership Program 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.