1HOUSE · JUL 18, 2012
Passed the House
414–2PASSED
R 237–0 D 177–2
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 471 · 15 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-155
Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012
Became law on Aug 7, 2012.
Sponsor: Rep. Jeb Hensarling R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 31, 2012
- Committee actionJun 28, 2012
- Passed HouseJul 18, 2012 · 414–2
- Passed SenateJul 25, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 27, 2012
- Became lawAug 7, 2012
Latest action: Aug 7, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-155.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5872.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-577 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Budget Committee on July 2, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 2, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/577
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5872, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HENSARLING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3362):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. Which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 269 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5872, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d04ec25423ef18852b33ca5e4cb538a5dd0bce0d1ea21b7680629ee9da2c0d17
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 5872. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
56 cosponsors — 56 Republicans
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), W. Akin (R-MO), Diane Black (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), John Kline (R-MN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Lankford (R-OK), Robert Latta (R-OH), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Howard McKeon (R-CA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeb Hensarling.
- H.R. 836 (112th) Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act
- H.Res. 1 (112th) Electing officers of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 155 (112th) Electing a Member to a standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 168 (112th) Electing certain Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 202 (112th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 263 (112th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
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.