House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Homeowner Tax Fairness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 28, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4290.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McDERMOTT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1741):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 68 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4290, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4290
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4290, last updated December 6, 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
50 cosponsors — 50 Democrats
0 of 50 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA) and 20 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.