1HOUSE · MAY 16, 2012
Passed the House
222–205PASSED
R 216–23 D 6–182
On Passage · roll 258 · 4 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Sandy Adams R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2012
- Committee actionMay 8, 2012
- Passed HouseMay 16, 2012 · 222–205
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2012 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4970.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012” on May 11, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 8, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43242
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4970, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-480 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2012 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/480
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4970, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 Mrs. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2275):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4970, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 4970. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommit with instructionsHouse · May 16, 2012 · roll 257R 2–236 D 185–0187–236Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
40 cosponsors — 40 Republicans
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Kay Granger (R-TX), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Tom Latham (R-IA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Candice Miller (R-MI), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Mike Pence (R-IN), James Renacci (R-OH), Martha Roby (R-AL) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sandy Adams.
- H.R. 6185 (112th) Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2012
- H.R. 973 (112th) To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other purposes.
- H.Con.Res. 110 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not interpret or construe the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the…
- H.R. 3991 (112th) KEEP Secure Act
- H.R. 1571 (112th) Combating Dangerous Synthetic Stimulants Act of 2011
- H.R. 2712 (112th) Shuttle Workforce Revitalization Act of 2011
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.