House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2011
- Committee actionMar 27, 2012
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2012 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 512.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3283.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3283, Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act” on April 30, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 27, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 30, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43208
- CBO publication date
- April 30, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3283, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. 112-477 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 11, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2012 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/477
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3283, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7165):Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution (the Commerce Clause)Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 74 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3283, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
15 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 9 Democrats
6 of 15 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), John Carney (D-DE), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Robert Dold (R-IL), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ed Royce (R-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Himes.
- H.R. 1965 (112th) To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3322 (112th) Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act
- H.R. 6187 (112th) Cure for AIDS Act of 2012
- H.R. 5615 (112th) Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act of 2012
- H.R. 1615 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Gallium metal.
- H.R. 2804 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on stannic oxide.
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.