House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 24, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3232.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6978):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 125 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3232, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3232
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b909b580b10490e0f78143a73ef1d9dd76d275c6d1c49e42dd441c4d0677554
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. 3232, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Richard Hanna (R-NY), Kathleen Hochul (D-NY), Jared Polis (D-CO), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Owens.
- H.R. 417 (112th) Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2011
- H.R. 2097 (112th) Military Families Affordable Homes Act of 2011
- H.R. 3983 (112th) Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act
- H.R. 874 (112th) Agricultural Credit Expansion Act
- H.R. 1720 (112th) H-2A Improvement Act
- H.R. 3914 (112th) To amend the Export Apple Act to permit the export of apples to Canada in bulk bins without certification by the Department of Agriculture.
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.