House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Disaster Savings and Resilient Construction Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Geoff Davis R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2012 — CHANGE OF FIRST SPONSOR - Mr. Diaz-Balart asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5839, originally introduced by Representative Geoff Davis (KY), for the purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5839.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3163):Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 108 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5839, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d30714320dee5b71f9e86153931428a6c87bba9395fe8e2252d3bc52e17b35cb
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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5839, last updated August 14, 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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Andy Harris (R-MD), David Rivera (R-FL), Mike Ross (D-AR), Allen West (R-FL), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Geoff Davis.
- H.R. 2883 (112th) Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act
- H.R. 2943 (112th) Short-Term TANF Extension Act
- H.R. 10 (112th) Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011
- H.R. 3339 (112th) Standard DATA Act
- H.R. 1706 (112th) Commercial Motor Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act of 2011
- H.R. 2461 (112th) Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2011
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.