House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2012
- Committee actionJun 27, 2012
- Passed HouseSep 11, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4631.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4631, GSA Act of 2012” on July 13, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 27, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43437
- CBO publication date
- July 13, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4631, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4631
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-664 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 11, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/664
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4631, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4631
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALSH of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2127):Clause I of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution ``The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, impost 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''Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 322 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4631, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4631
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4631, last updated April 7, 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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jeffrey Landry (R-LA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Ron Paul (R-TX).
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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.