House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6048.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TURNER of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H4604-H4605):Article I, Section, 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, as the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the imposition of the burdensome mandate on hardworking American taxpayers is an action Congress may take under its power to tax, and that this bill seeks to repeal sections of title 26 U.S.C., the Internal Revenue Code.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 334 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6048, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6048
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6048, last updated August 14, 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
128 cosponsors — 127 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 128 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), John Campbell (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX) and 98 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.