House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 13, 2011
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 20, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1509.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2666):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1509, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36bd69db24636abc7dac7e3b7f99a5032617c7f3c5b6ce75d8e87cc69c89f553
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1509, last updated April 7, 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
51 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 51 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Rick Berg (R-ND), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Susan Davis (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), John Kline (R-MN), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Kristi Noem (R-SD) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson.
- H.R. 1956 (112th) Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act
- H.R. 2528 (112th) Taxpayer Freedom to File Protection Act of 2011
- H.R. 1186 (112th) To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.
- H.R. 1957 (112th) Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2011
- H.R. 4137 (112th) Employee Educational Assistance Act of 2012
- H.R. 1050 (112th) Small Business Health Fairness 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.