House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4301.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1805):Congress has the power to enact legislation pertaining to the rules and regulations for property owned by the United States pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution. Authority for additional functions of this legislation having to do with tax credits are found within Article I, Section 7; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Authority to stay misapplied regulations from the executive Branch stems from Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 458 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4301, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4301
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac4d00226a4f3dd0abe0bf84f9beac75aa1a74455b14665ad5761444b7f2eace
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. 4301, 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Republicans
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Paul Broun (R-GA), John Fleming (R-LA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tom Graves (R-GA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Reid Ribble (R-WI), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Austin Scott (R-GA), Tim Scott (R-SC), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
- H.R. 3783 (112th) Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012
- H.Res. 429 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Western Hemisphere should be included in the Administration's 2012 National…
- H.R. 1047 (112th) State Right to Vote Act
- H.R. 3135 (112th) Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act
- H.R. 6511 (112th) To require investigations into and a report on the September 11-13, 2012, attacks on the United States missions in Libya, Egypt, and…
- H.Res. 82 (112th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs.
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.