House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2945.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALSH of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6232):``The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises,,,'' Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2945, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2945
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7f83a16ee44f3cfc89e2e9e1b0119901ce0935a0ba2be13573247324dcea19bb
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. 2945, 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
42 cosponsors — 42 Republicans
0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), John Fleming (R-LA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tom Graves (R-GA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Lankford (R-OK), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Gary Miller (R-CA), Jeff Miller (R-FL) and 12 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.