House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4848.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2208):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 143 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4848, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4848
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2ed68ddfa5e7fb367dd3aa3da2d5191e3671696539cc86e960a855baf57cd4f
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. 4848, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Lewis (D-GA), George Miller (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hansen Clarke.
- H.R. 2920 (112th) Detroit Jobs Trust Fund Act
- H.R. 4170 (112th) Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012
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- H.Res. 365 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should cut the United States' true debt burden by reducing home…
- H.R. 6658 (112th) Urban Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 6659 (112th) Urban Recovery and Growth Act
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.