House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain parts of cupping presses.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5811.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTELLO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3104):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5811, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5811
- 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
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerry Costello.
- H.R. 2644 (112th) Aviation Jobs and Safety Act of 2011
- H.R. 898 (112th) To suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas in which certain levees are being repaired.
- H.R. 6450 (112th) Local Modifications to Federal Flood Control Projects Act of 2012
- H.R. 5808 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on certain horizontally-oriented lead shot machines.
- H.R. 5809 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cupping machines.
- H.R. 5810 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on certain tool blocks.
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.