House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2012 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H189-190)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3811.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H158):Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 28 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3811, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fd3aad8c5b617c41dfc42191809c1d4016b8bc558e62210d85e5230b131c47ce
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. 3811, 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
75 cosponsors — 74 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 75 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Rick Berg (R-ND), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Tim Griffin (R-AR) and 45 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.