House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Give Families Better Tools to Save for Education Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Ann Buerkle R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6115.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUERKLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4864):Section 8, clause 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises . . .''), and the 16th Amendment.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6115, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6115
- 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.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Buerkle.
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- H.R. 2074 (112th) Veterans Sexual Assault Prevention and Health Care Enhancement Act
- H.Con.Res. 115 (112th) Recognizing the 64th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
- H.R. 6218 (112th) Mary Colella Autoimmune Disease Awareness Act of 2012
- H.R. 6075 (112th) To permit the chief executive of a State to create an exemption from certain requirements of Federal environmental laws for producers of…
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.