House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Preserving America's Family Farms Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4157.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1273):Article I, Section 1; and Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 81 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4157, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4157
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4157, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
95 cosponsors — 81 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 95 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rick Berg (R-ND), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Bill Flores (R-TX), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Bob Gibbs (R-OH) and 65 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham.
- H.R. 5972 (112th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.Res. 49 (112th) Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta Medal of Honor Flag Resolution
- H.R. 1675 (112th) Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2011
- H.R. 1479 (112th) Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 2011
- H.R. 1283 (112th) Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act
- H.R. 6690 (112th) To limit the Secretary of the Air Force from retiring or transferring certain aircraft of the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve.
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.