House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 26, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2649.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5580):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2649, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2649
- 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. 2649, 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
27 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 27 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Culberson (R-TX), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), William Owens (D-NY), Ron Paul (R-TX), Todd Platts (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), David Roe (R-TN), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Aaron Schock (R-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Bill Shuster (R-PA), John Sullivan (R-OK), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.
- H.R. 1845 (112th) Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012
- H.R. 1259 (112th) Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011
- H.R. 1834 (112th) Freedom to Invest Act of 2011
- H.R. 942 (112th) American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
- H.R. 4180 (112th) Sound Dollar Act of 2012
- H.R. 476 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
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.