House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 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. 4271.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MOORE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1641):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4271, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4271
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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.
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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
101 cosponsors — 101 Democrats
0 of 101 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Dingell (D-MI) and 71 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.