House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 1, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3856.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOUTHERLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H220):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 120 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3856, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7353fca5a00caf13aa043b5171b8c1290e9f3b2d02346358afe849592e5ca5e7
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. 3856, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Connie Mack (R-FL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Rivera (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Allen West (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Southerland.
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- H.R. 4151 (112th) To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Prisons land in Leon County, Florida.
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- H.R. 4150 (112th) To remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System the areas included in Indian Peninsula Unit FL–92 and Cape San Blas…
- H.R. 6354 (112th) To correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P-31P.
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.