1HOUSE · FEB 3, 2012
Passed the House
235–177PASSED
R 231–0 D 4–177
On Passage · roll 32 · 20 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2011
- Committee actionJan 24, 2012
- Passed HouseFeb 3, 2012 · 235–177
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3578.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3578, Baseline Reform Act of 2012” on January 27, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on January 24, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 27, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42948
- CBO publication date
- January 27, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3578, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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. 112-378 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Budget Committee on January 30, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 30, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/378
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3578, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b08e664268d917c8e95184b4b5132cdfec05ead78e2f181573d5a0a8708d86e
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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. WOODALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8261):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3578, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b08e664268d917c8e95184b4b5132cdfec05ead78e2f181573d5a0a8708d86e
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 3578. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommit with instructionsHouse · Feb 3, 2012 · roll 31R 0–235 D 177–3177–238Failed
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 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
22 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Diane Black (R-TN), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), John Kline (R-MN), James Lankford (R-OK), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Paul Ryan (R-WI), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Todd Young (R-IN).
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- H.Res. 355 (112th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2560) to cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.
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.