House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Eni Faleomavaega D-ASWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 14, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5934.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3699):Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 195 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5934, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5934
- 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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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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5934, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Judy Chu (D-CA), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Melvin Watt (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eni Faleomavaega.
- H.R. 6313 (112th) To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its environs and other…
- H.R. 2803 (112th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct a…
- H.R. 2282 (112th) To require the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that the flags of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories of…
- H.R. 4021 (112th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan United States nationals…
- H.R. 6294 (112th) To amend titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code to authorize the establishment of units of the National Guard in American Samoa.
- H.R. 3103 (112th) Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act
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.