House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 5, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1738.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REICHERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3109):``Amendment XVI to the Constitution of the United States: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1738, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1738
- 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. 1738, 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
99 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 64 Democrats
64 of 99 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Karen Bass (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Michael Grimm (R-NY) and 69 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.