House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Norman Dicks D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 29, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5995.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DICKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3975):Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States grant Congress the authority to enact this bill.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5995, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5995
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Norman Dicks.
- H.R. 1162 (112th) To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3222 (112th) To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park as wilderness or potential wilderness, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6716 (112th) To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestrations for fiscal year 2013.
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.