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Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act

H.R. 4078Introduced Feb 17, 2012Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Griffin R-AR
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 31, 2012 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4078.

Sent to: Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Judiciary CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4078, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 10, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

22 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 4078. The vote that moved the bill is first.

1HOUSE · JUL 26, 2012

Passed the House

245–172PASSED
R 232–2 D 13–170

On Passage · roll 536 · 14 not voting

Procedural votes (21) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (21 House). Tap to show.

Mostly votes on amendments (20 of 21). They came during the House’s run of votes on Jul 25–26. Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.

  • Amendment 1 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 25, 2012 · roll 514
    R 14–222 D 174–9
    188–231Failed
  • Amendment 2 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 25, 2012 · roll 515
    R 2–234 D 157–25
    159–259Failed
  • Amendment 3 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 25, 2012 · roll 516
    R 6–231 D 167–14
    173–245Failed
  • Amendment 4 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 25, 2012 · roll 517
    R 3–232 D 171–10
    174–242Failed
  • Amendment 5 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 25, 2012 · roll 518
    R 7–230 D 170–10
    177–240Failed
  • Amendment 6 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 520
    R 0–237 D 177–7
    177–244Failed
  • Amendment 7 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 521
    R 3–232 D 174–6
    177–238Failed
  • Amendment 8 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 522
    R 1–234 D 169–13
    170–247Failed
  • Amendment 9 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 523
    R 0–237 D 173–9
    173–246Failed
  • Amendment 10 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 524
    R 3–230 D 176–4
    179–234Failed
  • Amendment 11 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 525
    R 230–6 D 18–165
    248–171Agreed
  • Amendment 12 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 526
    R 9–227 D 167–16
    176–243Failed
  • Amendment 13 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 527
    R 226–10 D 14–168
    240–178Agreed
  • Amendment 15 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 528
    R 2–231 D 172–8
    174–239Failed
  • Amendment 16 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 529
    R 5–229 D 173–7
    178–236Failed
  • Amendment 17 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 530
    R 1–235 D 170–12
    171–247Failed
  • Amendment 18 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 531
    R 233–3 D 18–163
    251–166Agreed
  • Amendment 19 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 532
    R 231–5 D 14–166
    245–171Agreed
  • Amendment 20 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 533
    R 2–234 D 171–9
    173–243Failed
  • Amendment 23 to H.R. 4078
    On agreeing to the amendment
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 534
    R 233–3 D 18–162
    251–165Agreed
  • Send the bill back to committee
    Motion to recommit with instructions
    House · Jul 26, 2012 · roll 535
    R 1–233 D 180–1
    181–234Failed

Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 22 of 22 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.

Cosponsors

20 cosponsors — 20 Republicans

0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Sandy Adams (R-FL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Diane Black (R-TN), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tom Marino (R-PA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Ted Poe (R-TX), Benjamin Quayle (R-AZ), Dennis Ross (R-FL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Lamar Smith (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Griffin.

Sponsor’s state and district

Arkansas in Congress · AR-2 district

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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.