House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4017.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BASS of New Hampshire, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H726):Clause 3 of 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. 4017, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4017
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a33beab2878205a88f56f61c5d2399783ea9a633ca10ed7633224b4229c81170
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. 4017, 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
14 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 14 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), John Carney (D-DE), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tom Latham (R-IA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Tom Petri (R-WI), David Price (D-NC), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Bass.
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- H.R. 1756 (112th) National Oilheat Research Alliance Reauthorization Act of 2011
- H.R. 6438 (112th) Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012
- H.R. 1591 (112th) SERVE Act of 2011
- H.R. 3211 (112th) Humanitarian Device Reform Act of 2011
- H.R. 3342 (112th) Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011
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.