House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4209.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McKINLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1391):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation 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
- 221 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4209, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4209
- 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. 4209, 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
43 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 32 Democrats
32 of 43 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), James Langevin (D-RI), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), James Moran (D-VA) and 13 more.
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.