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 8, 2012 — Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4188.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSS of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1305):Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution; ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law, and a regular Statement and Account of Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 271 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4188, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
989ed752fd2a4edc05df6bd5b61ed1f4637dbe4666404dad4116ff535d973185
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4188, last updated September 8, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Tom Latham (R-IA), Reid Ribble (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
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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.