House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 2012
- Committee actionJul 18, 2012
- Passed HouseAug 1, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 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. 3796.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-637 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 31, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/637
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3796, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3796
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e069e95ac98ed39c732693d3a5d965ba2eddf5aeeedf01db801f227078aeced9
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H82):Article I Section 8, Clause 1. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3796, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3796
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e069e95ac98ed39c732693d3a5d965ba2eddf5aeeedf01db801f227078aeced9
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 (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3796, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
8 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Steve Austria (R-OH), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), John Kline (R-MN), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 4223 (112th) SAFE DOSES Act
- H.R. 514 (112th) FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011
- H.R. 1433 (112th) Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2012
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- H.R. 1800 (112th) FISA Sunsets Reauthorization Act of 2011
- H.R. 2572 (112th) Clean Up Government Act of 2011
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.