House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2012 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4168.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUINTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1305):per Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4168, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4168
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1934536ecc8489bde03d85c6e86968d7d155c6c709feeb27727941566001748c
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. 4168, 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
12 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 12 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Charles Bass (R-NH), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), William Owens (D-NY), Nick Rahall (D-WV), E. Rigell (R-VA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Pete Stark (D-CA), Robert Turner (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Guinta.
- H.R. 3262 (112th) Government Results Transparency Act
- H.R. 2206 (112th) Auto Enroll Repeal Act
- H.R. 2357 (112th) Fighting Fraud in Transportation Act of 2011
- H.R. 2089 (112th) THREE-D Act of 2011
- H.R. 1863 (112th) Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011
- H.R. 1480 (112th) To delay enforcement and establishment of certain water quality standards within the Great Bay Estuary, and for other purposes.
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.