House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 421.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H471):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution states that ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States;''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 384 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 421, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/421
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 421, last updated December 5, 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
101 cosponsors — 100 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 101 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Justin Amash (L-MI), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Joe Barton (R-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), John Campbell (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX) and 71 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.