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 Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5851.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3163):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5851, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5851
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c99be73be07074d3f55d63edcbee524b29162afa2e5074266d017bf656ea76fe
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. 5851, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), David Cicilline (D-RI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Edward Markey (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Tierney.
- H.R. 1339 (112th) To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.
- H.R. 4816 (112th) Stop the Rate Hike Act of 2012
- H.R. 4227 (112th) Workforce Investment Act of 2012
- H.R. 1322 (112th) Earned Retiree Healthcare Benefits Protection Act of 2011
- H.R. 2880 (112th) Contingency Operation and Emergency Oversight Act of 2011
- H.R. 4084 (112th) Restoring America's Commitment to Consumers Act of 2012
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.