House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Gibson R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8319):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 299 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3612, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3612
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9770ba98a199b1b74b179aa85fa184bb30f4e6873aef50711d170fc50fa78e84
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3612, last updated December 5, 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
126 cosponsors — 51 Republicans, 75 Democrats
75 of 126 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Joe Baca (D-CA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark Critz (D-PA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Charles Dent (R-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD) and 96 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.