1HOUSE · SEP 19, 2012
Passed the House
400–0PASSED
R 226–0 D 174–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 585 · 29 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2012 · 400–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5044.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DesJARLAIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2277):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence 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
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5044, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5044
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 5044. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 23 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), James Cooper (D-TN), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Jim Jordan (R-OH), John Kline (R-MN), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Gary Miller (R-CA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), David Roe (R-TN), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Allen West (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott DesJarlais.
- H.R. 2854 (112th) Employer Free Choice Act
- H.J.Res. 112 (112th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to the health insurance premium tax credit.
- H.R. 3848 (112th) Protecting Foods and Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2012
- H.R. 3652 (112th) Stopping Needless Additional Performance Bonuses (SNAP) 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.