House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To clarify certain provisions relating to the interests of Iran in certain assets, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4070.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TURNER of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H903):Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 of the Constitution of the United States: [The Congress shall have Power] To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 493 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4070, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c8d91c51221d51ba72c7a0306964451ce1adb6f422edf6714adb56ef3b652d4
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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4070, last updated January 16, 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
56 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 27 Democrats
27 of 56 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Steve Austria (R-OH), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Diane Black (R-TN), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Paul Broun (R-GA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Michael Grimm (R-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kathleen Hochul (D-NY), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Peter King (R-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), John Mica (R-FL), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Christopher Murphy (D-CT) and 26 more.
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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.