House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 31, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 27, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5879.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. NOEM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3363):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5879, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5879
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43e1969d4042215d201fcc6e0740397ace73eecc023a314fe628ce6f9791220a
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. 5879, 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
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Robert Schilling (R-IL), Lee Terry (R-NE), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kristi Noem.
- H.R. 1633 (112th) Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011
- H.R. 3874 (112th) Black Hills Cemetery Act
- H.R. 2172 (112th) Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act
- H.R. 2335 (112th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2011
- H.R. 4330 (112th) To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify the maximum distance between Farm Service Agency county offices for…
- H.R. 5717 (112th) Army Corps of Engineers Communications Accountability 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.