House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 6, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5741.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2714):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5741, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5741
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5741, last updated December 5, 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
31 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 31 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ben Chandler (D-KY), David Cicilline (D-RI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Sam Farr (D-CA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Richard Neal (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Gary Peters (D-MI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), E. Rigell (R-VA), David Rivera (R-FL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Aaron Schock (R-IL), John Shimkus (R-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT) and 1 more.
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.