House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024.
Sponsor: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6513.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6278):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6513, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6513
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 24, 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 January 24, 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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen.
- H.R. 2354 (112th) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 5325 (112th) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
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- H.R. 5063 (112th) To extend the suspension of duty on certain organic pigments and dyes.
- H.R. 5064 (112th) To extend the suspension of duty on 4-Hexylresorcinol.
- H.R. 5065 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Hexadecyl.
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.