House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 17, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3704.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ACKERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H9927):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3704, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3704
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3704, 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
29 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 27 Democrats
2 of 29 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Sam Farr (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), George Miller (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), John Olver (D-MA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Pete Stark (D-CA), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
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.