House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Meehan R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2011
- Committee actionJun 6, 2012
- Passed HouseJun 18, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 19, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3668.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3668, Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012” on June 15, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 6, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43330
- CBO publication date
- June 15, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3668, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3668
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 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. 112-537 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 18, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 18, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/537
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3668, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3668
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c47956e2d8e1bb211ce6e880b4d0bab3e97bf44015c3f107634c5595e28a3b1
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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. MEEHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H8966-H8967):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 182 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3668, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3668
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c47956e2d8e1bb211ce6e880b4d0bab3e97bf44015c3f107634c5595e28a3b1
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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
33 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 33 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), André Carson (D-IN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), John Culberson (R-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Gene Green (D-TX), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Peter King (R-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Ben Luján (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Tom Marino (R-PA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Scott Tipton (R-CO) and 3 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.