House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Boustany R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2011
- Committee actionMay 31, 2012
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2012 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 363.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1004.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1004, Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act of 2012” on June 4, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 31, 2012 SUMMARY”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43292
- CBO publication date
- June 4, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1004, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1004
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-515 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 5, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/515
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1004, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1004
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9329f2621d61c789ec6e647e5497137fd7aebcd62af9dc37f23017710897b3e6
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOUSTANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1725):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Sixteenth Amendment: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 508 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1004, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1004
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9329f2621d61c789ec6e647e5497137fd7aebcd62af9dc37f23017710897b3e6
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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
32 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 32 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Steve Austria (R-OH), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rick Berg (R-ND), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), John Larson (D-CT), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), David Reichert (R-WA), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Robert Schilling (R-IL), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Lee Terry (R-NE) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Boustany.
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- H.R. 1370 (112th) To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- H.R. 1744 (112th) American Job Protection Act
- H.R. 104 (112th) RAMP 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.