House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 10, United States Code, to include the Chief of the National Guard Bureau as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to reestablish the position of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Sponsor: Rep. Steven Palazzo R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 17, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3455.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALAZZO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7829):Article 1: Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America, ``Congress shall have the power . . . To make laws for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 190 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3455, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
10 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Tim Holden (D-PA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Tom Latham (R-IA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
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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.