House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Department of State Rewards Program Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4077.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROYCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H944):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4077, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4077
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e84de1f6c3f28c067a4f258364bf39133124e56881dab85e46fc9aaff776677e
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 noteFor further action, see S.2318, which became Public Law 112-283 on 1/15/2013.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4077, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4077
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e84de1f6c3f28c067a4f258364bf39133124e56881dab85e46fc9aaff776677e
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 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
57 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 34 Democrats
34 of 57 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Filner (D-CA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Gene Green (D-TX), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Brad Miller (D-NC) and 27 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ed Royce.
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- H.R. 1418 (112th) Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011
- H.R. 895 (112th) Sudan Cessation of Support for the Lord's Resistance Army Certification Act of 2011
- H.R. 5303 (112th) Palestinian Peace Promotion and Anti-Incitement Act
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.