House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3991.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H693):Article I, Section 8, clause 3: The Congress shall have Power to . . . regulate Commerce with foreign Nations and among the several States. . .Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 143 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3991, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3991, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
44 cosponsors — 44 Republicans
0 of 44 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Duncan (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve King (R-IA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), James Lankford (R-OK), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Connie Mack (R-FL), John Mica (R-FL), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Ron Paul (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.