House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedMar 5, 2012
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 9, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4132.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEARNS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1153):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the power to regulate interstate activity.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 74 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4132, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 4132, 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
21 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 21 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Kathleen Hochul (D-NY), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Ron Paul (R-TX), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Todd Platts (R-PA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Bill Posey (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns.
- H.R. 822 (112th) National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011
- H.R. 3086 (112th) Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2011
- H.R. 3586 (112th) Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
- H.R. 3737 (112th) ULTRA
- H.Res. 71 (112th) Honoring the life of Dr. D. James Kennedy.
- H.R. 1528 (112th) Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011
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.