House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5846.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. QUAYLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3163):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5846, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5846
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
933111a9942cb3a14c1b569f419046d7846ef4ca743c72361e59536ca9aab262
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. 5846, 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
24 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 24 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mo Brooks (R-AL), John Carter (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Larry Kissell (D-NC), John Kline (R-MN), Billy Long (R-MO), John Mica (R-FL), Richard Nugent (R-FL), William Owens (D-NY), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Lee Terry (R-NE), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
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.