House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 13, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2012 — Committee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3179.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6921):Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3179, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3179
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46096d89a232388462f73984922fb506543dcf576a25b8e15bb7e2d3e1c0063b
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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3179, last updated August 14, 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
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
56 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 29 Democrats
29 of 56 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Conyers (D-MI), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Gene Green (D-TX), Tim Griffin (R-AR), H. Griffith (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), John Larson (D-CT) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Womack.
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.