1HOUSE · JUN 19, 2012
Passed the House
343–78PASSED
R 232–4 D 111–74
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 388 · 2 present · 9 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act
Sponsor: Rep. Trent Franks R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2011
- Committee actionNov 17, 2011
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2012 · 343–78
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2938.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2938, Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act” on January 18, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 17, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 18, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42933
- CBO publication date
- January 18, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2938, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2938
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-440 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 16, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 16, 2012 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/440
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2938, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2938
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6232):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 2938, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2938
- 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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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 2938. The vote that moved the bill is first.
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 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Dan Boren (D-OK), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Benjamin Quayle (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks.
- H.R. 3803 (112th) District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
- H.R. 3541 (112th) Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012
- H.J.Res. 110 (112th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.
- H.R. 668 (112th) SHIELD Act
- H.Res. 732 (112th) Calling for the protection of the rights and freedoms of religious minorities in the Arab world.
- H.Res. 40 (112th) Celebrating the life of President Ronald Wilson Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
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.