House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Science and Technology Regulatory Relief Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4056.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILBRAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H902):Article VI, Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 381 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4056, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4056
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3117b6a8b0d2d73f5dac2b9e6ce50763ea28b3c699047de6d083da7cd1d87dcf
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. 4056, 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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3203 (112th) Novel Device Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
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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.