House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2011
- Committee actionMar 20, 2012
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3534.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-460 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 27, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 27, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/460
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3534, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3534
- 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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A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HANNA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8076):The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is enumerated in Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3534, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3534
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9d495a24adb74a7cb4f992f5ed984e75f89fdb6a03e7782c371df96db6ef95a8
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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3534, last updated April 7, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Jared Polis (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Hanna.
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- H.R. 2061 (112th) Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011
- H.R. 6324 (112th) Cutting FUEL Act
- H.R. 609 (112th) American Competitiveness Act of 2011
- H.R. 3122 (112th) Clean Construction 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.