House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness.
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Rangel D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4202.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RANGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1390):Article XVI of the Constitution--Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes . . .Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 100 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4202, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4202
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5972b234bc31d77ce232e9aca9798764fd9e07a70d40cdc33dbe2ffaf27752b6
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 6, 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
51 cosponsors — 51 Democrats
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Kathleen Hochul (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.
- H.R. 824 (112th) For the relief of Daniel Wachira.
- H.Res. 376 (112th) Calling for the repatriation of POW/MIAs and abductees from the Korean War.
- H.Res. 618 (112th) Expressing support for designation of 2012-2013 as the "Year of the Korean War Veteran" and recognizing the 60th anniversary of Korean War.
- H.R. 1462 (112th) National Black Clergy for the Elimination of HIV/AIDS Act of 2011
- H.R. 6107 (112th) VETS Act of 2012
- H.R. 1303 (112th) Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
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.