House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Benjamin Quayle R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2012
- Committee actionMar 27, 2012
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2012 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 428.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3862.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3862, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012” on June 25, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 27, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43351
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3862, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5782a5f9aeceba5d58e102aab8ae092ca7262b33073ac0e2e532952eb9c47a1a
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-593 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 11, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/593
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3862, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5782a5f9aeceba5d58e102aab8ae092ca7262b33073ac0e2e532952eb9c47a1a
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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. QUAYLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H375):Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, including, but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3 and 18, and Article III of the United States Constitution, Section 2.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 225 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3862, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5782a5f9aeceba5d58e102aab8ae092ca7262b33073ac0e2e532952eb9c47a1a
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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
17 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 17 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Bill Flores (R-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Steve Scalise (R-LA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
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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.