House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2012
- Committee actionMar 7, 2012
- Passed HouseMay 30, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4041.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4041, Export Promotion Reform Act” on March 20, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 7, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43115
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4041, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4041
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H802):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4041, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4041
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cebdbcc0362c5d63d4835f90db1b4fffd903eafbce10cb262d9799952e4c2377
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4041, last updated December 5, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.