House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 6, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3618.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONYERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8319):Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to enact appropriate laws protecting the civil rights of all Americans.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 186 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3618, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3618, 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
76 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 75 Democrats
1 of 76 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), John Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and 46 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.