House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to determine the impact on the United States of the policy announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, concerning the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States illegally as children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lou Barletta R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6070.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4655):This bill makes changes to existing law relating to ``Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution Clause 18.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6070, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 15, 2019
- 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 November 15, 2019). 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Burton (R-IN), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Tom Marino (R-PA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Dennis Ross (R-FL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lou Barletta.
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- H.R. 6296 (112th) Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2012
- H.Res. 743 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative stamp honoring the Nation's coal miners.
- H.R. 3042 (112th) Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 2057 (112th) Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act of 2011
- H.R. 6595 (112th) Joint Military Heritage Preservation Act of 2012
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.