House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the corporate income tax rate to 10 percent and to lower the rate of tax on capital gains and dividends to 10 percent.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1074.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1797):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.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1074, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1074
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 3, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Ron Paul (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton.
- H.R. 2842 (112th) Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2012
- H.R. 2621 (112th) Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act
- H.R. 2815 (112th) To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.
- H.R. 6089 (112th) Healthy Forest Management Act of 2012
- H.R. 4381 (112th) Planning for American Energy Act of 2012
- H.R. 3040 (112th) Native American Indian Education Act of 2011
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.