House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 30, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3522.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7999):This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and as further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 228 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3522, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3522
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
252c12732af9d200938f1fd2d24dd54cc7248d82ee0c809a489a26ef52ecf161
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3522, last updated December 5, 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
33 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 30 Democrats
3 of 33 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Charles Bass (R-NH), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), John Olver (D-MA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
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- H.R. 5799 (112th) Voter Empowerment Act of 2012
- H.Res. 353 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Nelson Mandela International Day.
- H.R. 1623 (112th) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2011
- H.R. 1190 (112th) Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2011
- H.R. 3056 (112th) Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2011
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.