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: May 10, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4313.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOSWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1806):The Necessary and Proper Clause. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4313, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
457e21fa13c7fe0a2350a63bbb1158af19d36b57431714c66ea403770d4290e5
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. 4313, 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
15 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 5 Democrats
10 of 15 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Dan Boren (D-OK), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve King (R-IA), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), Tom Latham (R-IA), David Loebsack (D-IA), David McKinley (R-WV), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
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.