1HOUSE · MAR 7, 2012
Passed the House
265–154PASSED
R 237–0 D 28–154
On Passage · roll 100 · 13 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Tipton R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 6, 2011
- Committee actionOct 5, 2011
- Passed HouseMar 7, 2012 · 265–154
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2012 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-624.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2842.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2842, Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011” on November 30, 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 30, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42743
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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. 112-301 ↗. 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/301
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
80e76466a407b1eb09fe3d682355347b2c319064e385f1be7766ed185828c4b1
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5939):Article I. Section 8 the power to make rules for the government and regulation of the land.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 91 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
80e76466a407b1eb09fe3d682355347b2c319064e385f1be7766ed185828c4b1
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Vote results
3 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 2842. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (2) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (2 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Amendment 2 to H.R. 2842On agreeing to the amendmentHouse · Mar 7, 2012 · roll 98R 0–238 D 168–15168–253Failed
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommit with instructionsHouse · Mar 7, 2012 · roll 99R 1–235 D 181–2182–237Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 3 of 3 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Adrian Smith (R-NE).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton.
- H.R. 2621 (112th) Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act
- H.R. 2815 (112th) To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.
- H.R. 6089 (112th) Healthy Forest Management Act of 2012
- H.R. 4381 (112th) Planning for American Energy Act of 2012
- H.R. 3040 (112th) Native American Indian Education Act of 2011
- H.R. 1074 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the corporate income tax rate to 10 percent and to lower the rate of tax on capital…
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.