House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3550.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUFFY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8125):Sections 5 and 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3550, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3550
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5e90374c71532380ab34812434f7c59b12b4a5ff84c0ccd05659b0f87b6e999
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. 3550, 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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), C. W. Young (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Duffy.
- H.R. 1315 (112th) To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability…
- H.R. 3835 (112th) To extend the pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees.
- H.R. 620 (112th) Recovering Excessive Stimulus Expenditures for Taxpayers (RESET) Act
- H.R. 3682 (112th) Patient Centered Healthcare Savings 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.