House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3594.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALSH of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8261):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3594, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3594
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b072d1f5956d109c940c33ab626f3c05e0c761a66e9aefbff868b5e79c9a7a03
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. 3594, 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
68 cosponsors — 67 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 68 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), K. Conaway (R-TX), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tom Graves (R-GA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), H. Griffith (R-VA) and 38 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.