House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2012
- Committee actionJun 6, 2012
- Passed HouseJun 28, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2012 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5889.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5889, Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act of 2012” on June 22, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 6, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43348
- CBO publication date
- June 22, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5889, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-551 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 26, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 2012 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/551
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5889, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 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. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3480):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, of the Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5889, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
John Conyers (D-MI), Robert Scott (D-VA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
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- H.R. 5949 (112th) FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012
- H.R. 394 (112th) Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011
- H.R. 6215 (112th) To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution.
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.