House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Johnson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1956.
- 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 H3410):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1956, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1956
- 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.
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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
101 cosponsors — 100 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 101 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rick Berg (R-ND), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX) and 71 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson.
- H.R. 1509 (112th) Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2012
- 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.