House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
H.R. 5743Introduced May 15, 2012Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2012
- Committee actionMay 17, 2012
- Passed HouseMay 31, 2012 · 386–28
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5743.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013” on May 21, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on May 17, 2012”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 2012 ↗Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43260
- CBO publication date
- May 21, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5743, 112th Congress
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5743
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
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- September 25, 2026
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-490 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee on May 22, 2012.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2012 ↗Evidence
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/490
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- H.R. 5743, 112th Congress
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5743
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2714):
The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the
United States government are carried out to support the
national security interests of the United States, to support
and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to
support the President in the execution of the foreign policy
of the United States.
Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United
States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall
have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common
defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . .
to raise and support armies . . .''; ``To provide and
maintain a Navy''; ``To make Rules for the Government and
Regulation of the land and naval…
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- Statement length
- 945 characters
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- H.R. 5743, 112th Congress
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5743
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3454, which became Public Law 112-277 on 1/14/2013.
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- H.R. 5743, 112th Congress
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5743
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e97aa0ba0aa77167062356f011a6dacf33ebf8e18cbafba79bc89e6026ec3709
Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 5743. The vote that moved the bill is first.
1HOUSE · MAY 31, 2012
Passed the House
386–28PASSED
R 224–7 D 162–21
On Passage · roll 301 · 17 not voting
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 instructions
House · May 31, 2012 · roll 300
R 1–231 D 179–4
180–235Failed
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