1HOUSE · DEC 19, 2012
Passed the House
402–2PASSED
R 224–0 D 178–2
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 638 · 27 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2012
- Committee actionJun 27, 2012
- Passed HouseDec 19, 2012 · 402–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 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. 6016.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6016, Government Employee Accountability Act” on September 14, 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, September 14, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43616
- CBO publication date
- September 14, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6016, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6016
- 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. 112-686 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 21, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/686
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6016, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6016
- 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. KELLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3976):Article I ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6016, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6016
- 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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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 6016. 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Frank Guinta (R-NH), James Lankford (R-OK), Tom Marino (R-PA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Robert Schilling (R-IL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Joe Walsh (R-IL).
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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.