House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2012 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5910.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3661):Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, which provides Congress the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign Nations and among the several States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 141 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5910, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5910
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b977c6f3eea35945631a8ea4a27f6bd2c918627b2c36d2cc6183cdf2f597b0a
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. 5910, 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
38 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 38 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), John Barrow (D-GA), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), John Carney (D-DE), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), William Owens (D-NY), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), David Reichert (R-WA), James Renacci (R-OH), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Mike Ross (D-AR), Steven Rothman (D-NJ) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Dold.
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- H.R. 5890 (112th) To correct a technical error in Public Law 112-122.
- H.R. 2827 (112th) To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 830 (112th) FHA Refinance Program Termination Act
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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.