House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6050.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BECERRA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4605):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 163 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6050, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6050
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
912d7cd471a14f0f4bfa19a8531681f52b563738d3947f9f6c4871944cbc6442
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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6050, last updated December 11, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Stark (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Xavier Becerra.
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.