House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Structured Settlement Claimants Rights Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Higgins D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4022.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H726):Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Sec. 1, Sec. 5) Commerce Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3) Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8., cl. 3).Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 151 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4022, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4022
- 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
- H.R. 3556 (112th) To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse".
- H.R. 2746 (112th) Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2011
- H.R. 4082 (112th) Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2012
- H.R. 1428 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Renewal Community program through end of 2012.
- H.R. 4352 (112th) Nation Building Here at Home Act of 2012
- H.R. 2177 (112th) PASS 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.