House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6159.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5078):The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6159, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8dff772ebda63628f739f6bc8481ab158a03a65b1f3c6392a1255dfe8c955a01
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. 6159, 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
24 cosponsors — 24 Democrats
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), John Dingell (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Kathleen Hochul (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.
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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.