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: May 7, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4000.
- 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 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4000, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4000
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
73d8b301ec07c6a98eebcd2b07b90df18dd0ae877143eb9559fc375b4684967a
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. 4000, 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
63 cosponsors — 61 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 63 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Rick Berg (R-ND), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Michael Grimm (R-NY) and 33 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.