House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 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. 3881.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STARK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H440):* Clause 4, 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
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3881, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3881
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jared Polis (D-CO), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Stark.
- H.R. 1681 (112th) Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- H.R. 1978 (112th) Recovering Missing Children Act
- H.R. 3242 (112th) Save Our Climate Act of 2011
- H.R. 4379 (112th) Women's Option to Raise Kids Act
- H.R. 413 (112th) Defense and Deficit Reduction Act
- H.R. 2981 (112th) Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act
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.