House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Iron Dome Support Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4229.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1497):the authority delineated in Article I section I, which includes an implied power for the Congress to regulate the conduct of the United States with respect to foreign affairs.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4229, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4229
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d7f76d4999526acb5d2eb129e068fab8b5f6274ef78b3631997a94c2b79dbec
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. 4229, 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
109 cosponsors — 48 Republicans, 61 Democrats
48 of 109 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Rick Berg (R-ND), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Mark Critz (D-PA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), John Culberson (R-TX), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Robert Dold (R-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS) and 79 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Berman.
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- H.R. 1842 (112th) DREAM Act of 2011
- H.R. 3288 (112th) Safeguarding United States Satellite Leadership and Security Act of 2011
- H.R. 2215 (112th) Hezbollah Anti-Terrorism Act of 2011
- H.R. 3017 (112th) Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011
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.