House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Benjamin Quayle R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2012
- Committee actionJun 8, 2012
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2012 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4369.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-687 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 21, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/687
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4369, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4369
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. QUAYLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1915):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 (To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States)Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 157 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4369, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4369
- 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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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 (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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Dennis Ross (R-FL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Benjamin Quayle.
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- H.R. 2833 (112th) Employee Workplace Freedom Act
- H.R. 5953 (112th) Prohibiting Back-door Amnesty Act
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- H.R. 5846 (112th) Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012
- H.Res. 695 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the appointment by the Attorney General of an outside special counsel to…
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.