House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 30, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1259.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2107):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1259, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2f247c675e9b7d7a558a18c86d0b6385866d5e7642071d4c8c6bbd2081194f0
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1259, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
222 cosponsors — 214 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 other
7 of 222 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Steve Austria (R-OH), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rick Berg (R-ND), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN) and 192 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.
- H.R. 1845 (112th) Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012
- H.R. 1834 (112th) Freedom to Invest Act of 2011
- H.R. 942 (112th) American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
- H.R. 4180 (112th) Sound Dollar Act of 2012
- H.R. 476 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
- H.R. 2649 (112th) PHIT 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.