House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Ben Luján D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4396.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUJAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1977):Article One of the United States Constitution, section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4396, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4396
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 or a committee report (as of August 14, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Stevan Pearce (R-NM).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2228 (112th) STEM 2 Act
- H.R. 1624 (112th) To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish uniform national standards for the interconnection of certain…
- H.Con.Res. 73 (112th) Honoring the service of Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico and the second living recipient of the…
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.