House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Boko Haram Terrorist Designation Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Meehan R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5822.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3104):This legislation is authorized by the United States Constitution under Article I, Section 8, ``Congress shall have the power . . . To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 244 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5822, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5822
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 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 4, 2025). 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Republicans
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Charles Dent (R-PA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Peter King (R-NY), James Lankford (R-OK), Billy Long (R-MO), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Candice Miller (R-MI), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Robert Turner (R-NY), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Meehan.
- H.R. 3668 (112th) Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012
- H.R. 2764 (112th) WMD Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2012
- H.Con.Res. 108 (112th) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the…
- H.R. 5844 (112th) Protecting Victims on Campus Act of 2012
- H.R. 3721 (112th) SALUTE Act
- H.R. 3231 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount allowed as a deduction for start-up expenditures.
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.