House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4227.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1428):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by 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
- 157 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4227, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4227
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
19e8ce1b58d0e78bdc5fbdcfda10657eb731521ba793045a054727cc8a3b0d47
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. 4227, 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
55 cosponsors — 55 Democrats
0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Robert Brady (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark Critz (D-PA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Dingell (D-MI), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Tierney.
- H.R. 1339 (112th) To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.
- H.R. 4816 (112th) Stop the Rate Hike Act of 2012
- H.R. 1322 (112th) Earned Retiree Healthcare Benefits Protection Act of 2011
- H.R. 2880 (112th) Contingency Operation and Emergency Oversight Act of 2011
- H.R. 5851 (112th) Increasing Small Business Lending Act of 2012
- H.R. 4084 (112th) Restoring America's Commitment to Consumers Act of 2012
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.