House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4099.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1017):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4099, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4099
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16483720e0b0f7d94038694e76062582e8b6529efc4749e68b524fdee7c1795d
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. 4099, 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
43 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 27 Democrats
27 of 43 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark Critz (D-PA), John Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Steve King (R-IA), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Tom Latham (R-IA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Tom Marino (R-PA) and 13 more.
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.