House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1479.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2604):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises''), and the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 179 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1479, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1479, last updated August 14, 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
68 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 45 Democrats
45 of 68 cosponsors (66%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Dean Heller (R-NV), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Peter King (R-NY), John Kline (R-MN), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 38 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham.
- H.R. 5972 (112th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.R. 4157 (112th) Preserving America's Family Farms Act
- H.Res. 49 (112th) Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta Medal of Honor Flag Resolution
- H.R. 1675 (112th) Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2011
- H.R. 1283 (112th) Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act
- H.R. 6690 (112th) To limit the Secretary of the Air Force from retiring or transferring certain aircraft of the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve.
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.