House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3553.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUCINICH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8125):Article 1, Section 8, Clause III of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3553, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 3553, 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
31 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 30 Democrats
1 of 31 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Cicilline (D-RI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
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- H.R. 808 (112th) Department of Peace Act of 2011
- H.R. 555 (112th) Universal Prekindergarten Act
- H.R. 5959 (112th) ACHE Act
- H.R. 3051 (112th) Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2011
- H.Con.Res. 28 (112th) Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
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.