House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2012
- Committee actionMar 7, 2012
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2012 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3851.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-721 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 21, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/721
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3851, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3851
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e13206f15c94af39ef2e0dda377187ec4b07e2cd296abd114215833f054a3d1d
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H219):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3851, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3851
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e13206f15c94af39ef2e0dda377187ec4b07e2cd296abd114215833f054a3d1d
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 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3851, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Chabot (R-OH), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Robert Schilling (R-IL), Joe Walsh (R-IL), Allen West (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves.
- H.R. 2608 (112th) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 366 (112th) To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958…
- H.R. 3850 (112th) Government Efficiency through Small Business Contracting Act of 2012
- H.R. 4081 (112th) Contractor Opportunity Protection Act of 2012
- H.R. 585 (112th) Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011
- H.Res. 137 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure…
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.