House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on cerium sulfide pigments.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5629.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2446):Constitutional Justification: A Bill To extend the temporary suspension of duty on cerium sulfide pigments. Justification: This is authorized by Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5629, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5629
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 7, 2024
- 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 February 7, 2024). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.