1HOUSE · SEP 10, 2012
Passed the House
377–0PASSED
R 214–0 D 163–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 557 · 52 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To revise the authority of the Librarian of Congress to accept gifts and bequests on behalf of the Library, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Lungren R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2012
- Committee actionJul 19, 2012
- Passed HouseSep 10, 2012 · 377–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6122.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6122, a bill to revise the authority of the Library of Congress to accept gifts and bequests on behalf of the Library, and for other purposes” on August 16, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on July 19, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 16, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43536
- CBO publication date
- August 16, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6122, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6122
- 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. 112-624 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on July 26, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 26, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/624
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6122, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6122
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe1e5f336ab961ec80bf5ff5cd07a000fe605842abe19b98defd6eee372a1e96
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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. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4864):Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 108 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6122, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6122
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe1e5f336ab961ec80bf5ff5cd07a000fe605842abe19b98defd6eee372a1e96
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 6122. 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Daniel Lungren.
- H.R. 4 (112th) Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011
- H.R. 6336 (112th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide…
- H.R. 386 (112th) Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2011
- H.Con.Res. 132 (112th) Providing funding to ensure the printing and production of the authorized number of copies of the revised and updated version of the House…
- H.R. 1934 (112th) To improve certain administrative operations of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 147 (112th) Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress.
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.