House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-172
Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012
Became law on Aug 16, 2012.
Sponsor: Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 22, 2012
- Committee actionMar 28, 2012
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateAug 2, 2012 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentAug 7, 2012
- Became lawAug 16, 2012
Latest action: Aug 16, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-172.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4240.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4240, Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012” on April 5, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 28, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 5, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43156
- CBO publication date
- April 5, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4240, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4240
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4240, Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorizaton Act of 2012” on June 29, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 19, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43374
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4240, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4240
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da393accb4aa9f48cb07105036927a7c5a5c7c249a3e423034b8fc135fef8c3d
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1542):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4240, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4240
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da393accb4aa9f48cb07105036927a7c5a5c7c249a3e423034b8fc135fef8c3d
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
28 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 28 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Steve Israel (D-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), Charles Rangel (D-NY), David Rivera (R-FL), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Robert Turner (R-NY), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
- H.R. 1905 (112th) Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012
- H.R. 2105 (112th) Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act of 2011
- H.R. 6018 (112th) Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2013
- H.Res. 568 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a…
- H.Con.Res. 145 (112th) Calling for universal condemnation of the North Korean missile launch of December 12, 2012.
- H.R. 6649 (112th) Naval Vessels Transfer 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.