1HOUSE · MAY 31, 2012
Failed in the House
246–168FAILED
R 226–7 D 20–161
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 299 · 17 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Trent Franks R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2011
- Committee actionFeb 16, 2012
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 31, 2012 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 246 - 168 (Roll no. 299).
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3541.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3541, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011” on March 20, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 16, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43111
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3541, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3541
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-496 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 29, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 29, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/496
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3541, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3541
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8076):The Commerce Clause; Section 2 of the 13th Amendment; Section 5 of the 14th Amendment; Art. 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 105 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3541, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3541
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 3541. The vote that moved the bill is first.
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 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
98 cosponsors — 95 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 98 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Dan Burton (R-IN), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Culberson (R-TX), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and 68 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks.
- H.R. 2938 (112th) Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act
- H.R. 3803 (112th) District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
- H.J.Res. 110 (112th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.
- H.R. 668 (112th) SHIELD Act
- H.Res. 732 (112th) Calling for the protection of the rights and freedoms of religious minorities in the Arab world.
- H.Res. 40 (112th) Celebrating the life of President Ronald Wilson Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
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.