House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating the Election Assistance Commission.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregg Harper R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 17, 2011
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2011 · 235–190
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2011 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3463.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARPER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7830):Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the authority to make laws governing the time, place, and manner of holding Federal elections. Additionally, Amendment XVI to the United States Constitution. Additionally, since the Constitution does not provide Congress with the power to provide financial support to candidates seeking election to offices of the United States or to U.S. political parties, the general repeal of the presidential election fund is consistent with the powers that are reserved to the States and to the people as expressed in Amendment X to the United States Constitution. Further, Article I, Section 8 defines the scope and powers of Congress and does…Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 799 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3463, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3463
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
925c77e1c1e0e436a636b6852e3060946ddbc93a067b77c6fde0c6e97cac6f37
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 December 10, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregg Harper.
- H.R. 5859 (112th) To repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting.
- H.R. 588 (112th) To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.
- H.Con.Res. 90 (112th) Authorizing the printing of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the United States Constitution.
- H.R. 672 (112th) Election Support Consolidation and Efficiency Act
- H.R. 1427 (112th) Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act of 2011
- H.R. 603 (112th) TEAM-Empowerment 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.