Senate bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-211
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2012
- Committee actionSep 20, 2012
- Passed SenateSep 22, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 5, 2012 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 10, 2012
- Became lawDec 18, 2012
Latest action: Dec 18, 2012 — Became Public Law No: 112-211.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3486.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3486, Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012” on October 16, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the Senate on September 22, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43667
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3486, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/3486
- 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 links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 3486, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S.J.Res. 9 (112th) A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian…
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.