House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
Open in Bill Explorer →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. 445.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOUNG of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H471):Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 445, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/445
- 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.
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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
14 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 14 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Kay Granger (R-TX), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Cliff Stearns (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. C. W. Young.
- H.R. 2219 (112th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 5856 (112th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.R. 1340 (112th) End Unnecessary Costs Caused by Report Mailing Act of 2011
- H.R. 6702 (112th) To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to prevent the sale of bone marrow and umbilical cord blood, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1664 (112th) SAFEGUARDS 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.