House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Critz D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2012
- Committee actionMar 7, 2012
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2012 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 529.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4118.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-726 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 21, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/726
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4118, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4118
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
362eff26a6e2fc1a8c65d7159f5d754581e891b2fc911161ee67ab8c0c98dc55
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRITZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1134):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . . Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 303 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4118, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4118
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
362eff26a6e2fc1a8c65d7159f5d754581e891b2fc911161ee67ab8c0c98dc55
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 (as of August 14, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Critz.
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- H.R. 1177 (112th) K-IRA Act
- H.R. 1518 (112th) Trade Enforcement Priorities Act
- H.R. 1544 (112th) Corridor N Extension Act of 2011
- H.R. 630 (112th) Law Enforcement Officers' Military Service Act
- H.Res. 310 (112th) Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 639) to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing duties…
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.