House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4817.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEARNS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2206):Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 150 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4817, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7aa32a3760ba41212e36eff46259a2f4abb224101a58aaf78a61634727389ad3
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns.
- H.R. 822 (112th) National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011
- H.R. 3086 (112th) Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2011
- H.R. 3586 (112th) Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
- H.R. 4132 (112th) FAST Act
- H.R. 3737 (112th) ULTRA
- H.Res. 71 (112th) Honoring the life of Dr. D. James Kennedy.
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.