House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 1, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3831.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H182):Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 47 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3831, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46c9e0606ae09b9cb7e73eab478894c544c857633e734e62045e37588b62478b
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3831, last updated December 5, 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
24 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 24 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Karen Bass (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Steve King (R-IA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Tom Latham (R-IA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Ron Paul (R-TX), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), David Price (D-NC), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry.
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- H.R. 3066 (112th) Companionship Exemption Protection Act
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.