1HOUSE · DEC 18, 2012
House agreed to the Senate version
386–6AGREED
R 217–5 D 169–1
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Senate Amendment · roll 630 · 39 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-220
Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012
Became law on Dec 28, 2012.
Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Duncan R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2012
- Committee actionMar 7, 2012
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 12, 2012 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesDec 18, 2012 · House agreed 386–6
- To the PresidentDec 20, 2012
- Became lawDec 28, 2012
Latest action: Dec 28, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-220.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3783.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3783, Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012” on May 2, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 7, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43214
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3783, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3783
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. DUNCAN of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H78):``This bill follows the Constitutional prerogatives of Congress under Article I, Section 8, pertaining to the clauses to `provide for the common Defense' and `make Rules for the Government.' ''Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 193 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3783, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3783
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84fdd55d268b0a24ff8c56d3870b65e832a4402fa623c87eb09f86b0873d1ed0
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 3783. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
87 cosponsors — 79 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 87 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Howard Berman (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), John Culberson (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and 57 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
- H.Res. 429 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Western Hemisphere should be included in the Administration's 2012 National…
- H.R. 1047 (112th) State Right to Vote Act
- H.R. 3135 (112th) Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act
- H.R. 6511 (112th) To require investigations into and a report on the September 11-13, 2012, attacks on the United States missions in Libya, Egypt, and…
- H.R. 4301 (112th) EXPAND Act
- H.Res. 82 (112th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs.
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.