House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 18, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 12, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3502.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7892):Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3502, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3502
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3502, 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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Brady (D-PA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Brad Miller (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Melvin Watt (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
- H.R. 2800 (112th) Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2012
- H.R. 5976 (112th) TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act
- H.R. 4470 (112th) Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2012
- H.R. 3547 (112th) Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2011
- H.Res. 362 (112th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3201 (112th) To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
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.