House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specified State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws.
Sponsor: Rep. Diane Black R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3842.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BLACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H219):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3842, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4111eb76287eb27538d82f90d869b2c891ceb8a82b004e9595fae3170c3e3656
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.
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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
54 cosponsors — 54 Republicans
0 of 54 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tom Graves (R-GA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Wally Herger (R-CA), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diane Black.
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- H.Con.Res. 36 (112th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
- H.R. 3575 (112th) Legally Binding Budget Act of 2011
- H.Res. 509 (112th) Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the…
- H.R. 4134 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that any person who, for a commercial purpose, makes available for consumer use a…
- H.R. 6439 (112th) Keep the Forest in the Family Estate Tax Act of 2012
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.