House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2012
- Committee actionAug 1, 2012
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2012 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4278.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4278, Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012” on August 22, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 26, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 22, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43548
- CBO publication date
- August 22, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4278, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4278
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-683 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 20, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/683
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4278, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c85da24e2f6f053587e5976b586bd71d0cee23aa3113480268c1842607bbf22
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1740):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce among the several States)Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 138 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4278, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c85da24e2f6f053587e5976b586bd71d0cee23aa3113480268c1842607bbf22
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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
24 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 24 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Tom Latham (R-IA), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Tom Marino (R-PA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gary Miller (R-CA), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Collin Peterson (D-MN), David Roe (R-TN), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Hurt.
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.