House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Canine Members of the Armed Forces Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4103.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1017):The power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 183 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4103, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4103
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
db2cc4260a626f8a391fc36bfc2f99d0de163ab469ea551aa154c31a566a1601
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4103, last updated December 5, 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
47 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 41 Democrats
41 of 47 cosponsors (87%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), James Himes (D-CT), Michael Honda (D-CA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1092 (112th) Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act
- H.Con.Res. 107 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an 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.