1HOUSE · DEC 30, 2012
Passed the House
390–0PASSED
R 221–0 D 169–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 649 · 41 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Ted Poe R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 12, 2011
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 30, 2012 · 390–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 31, 2012 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3159.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6854):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
89eeddf434ca66e581707c6ff06d96f4799003d4915d14ed9b71364b9c32edfc
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
Sent to: Foreign Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3159, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 3159. 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
56 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 28 Democrats
28 of 56 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jay Inslee (D-WA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.
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- H.R. 6364 (112th) World War I Centennial Commission Act
- H.Con.Res. 74 (112th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.R. 2337 (112th) Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011
- H.Res. 60 (112th) Urging the Secretary of State to remove the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran from the Department of State's list of Foreign…
- H.R. 3811 (112th) Keystone For a Secure Tomorrow 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.