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.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Brady R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 26, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 476.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H511):Article I, Section 7: ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives . . .'' Article I, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, . . .'' Amendment XVI (16th Amendment): ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 456 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 476, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/476
- 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
32 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 32 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), James Cooper (D-TN), John Culberson (R-TX), John Duncan (R-TN), Kay Granger (R-TX), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Dean Heller (R-NV), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Ted Poe (R-TX), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Reichert (R-WA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Pete Sessions (R-TX) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.
- H.R. 1845 (112th) Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012
- H.R. 1259 (112th) Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011
- H.R. 1834 (112th) Freedom to Invest Act of 2011
- H.R. 942 (112th) American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011
- H.R. 4180 (112th) Sound Dollar Act of 2012
- H.R. 2649 (112th) PHIT 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.