House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Scott DesJarlais R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3848.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DesJARLAIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H219):clause 7 of section 9 of Article I and clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 94 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3848, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3848
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
62f72fda1f68b193c2bb36134c89f10a4290abbb6d49722d2ef61aeabab87e68
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.
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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
34 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 34 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tom Graves (R-GA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Tom Price (R-GA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), David Roe (R-TN), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Mike Rogers (R-AL) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott DesJarlais.
- H.R. 5044 (112th) Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act
- H.R. 2854 (112th) Employer Free Choice Act
- H.J.Res. 112 (112th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to the health insurance premium tax credit.
- H.R. 3652 (112th) Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) 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.