House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Goodlatte R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2011
- Committee actionJul 7, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2011 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 173.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1439.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1439, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011” on September 13, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Judiciary on July 7, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42566
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1439, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1439
- 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. 112-257 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 21, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 21, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/257
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1439, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1439
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2570):Article I, Section 8, clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1439, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1439
- 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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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 — 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 12 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Robert Scott (D-VA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2552 (112th) Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011
- H.J.Res. 2 (112th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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.