1HOUSE · FEB 8, 2012
Passed the House
254–173PASSED
R 197–41 D 57–132
On Passage · roll 46 · 6 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Ryan R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 30, 2011
- Committee actionJan 17, 2012
- Passed HouseFeb 8, 2012 · 254–173
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3521.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3521, Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011” on December 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on December 15, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42799
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3521, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49580aa22f5c4caff690df395250257774298c62fa5ad1bcf9f9c91a06beb1cf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3521, Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011” on February 7, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Rules on January 31, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 7, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42953
- CBO publication date
- February 7, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3521, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49580aa22f5c4caff690df395250257774298c62fa5ad1bcf9f9c91a06beb1cf
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 112-364,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 112-364,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 2, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/364
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/364 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3521, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49580aa22f5c4caff690df395250257774298c62fa5ad1bcf9f9c91a06beb1cf
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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. RYAN of Wisconsin, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7999):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3521, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49580aa22f5c4caff690df395250257774298c62fa5ad1bcf9f9c91a06beb1cf
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 3521. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Amendment 2 to H.R. 3521On agreeing to the amendmentHouse · Feb 8, 2012 · roll 45R 46–193 D 82–107128–300Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
37 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 37 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Karen Bass (D-CA), Rick Berg (R-ND), Diane Black (R-TN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), James Lankford (R-OK), David Loebsack (D-IA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Mike Pence (R-IN), Jared Polis (D-CO), Reid Ribble (R-WI) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Ryan.
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- H.R. 5652 (112th) Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012
- H.Res. 775 (112th) Condemning the shooting that killed six innocent people at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on August 5, 2012.
- H.R. 4966 (112th) Sequester Replacement Act of 2012
- H.Res. 302 (112th) Expressing support for the designation of August 22, 2011, as Rose Brucia Stranger Safety Awareness Day, and for other purposes.
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.