1HOUSE · AUG 2, 2012
Passed the House
232–189PASSED
R 232–3 D 0–186
On Passage · roll 552 · 9 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. David Dreier R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2012
- Committee actionJul 30, 2012
- Passed HouseAug 2, 2012 · 232–189
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2012 — Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 747, H.R. 6169 is laid on the table.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6169.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6169, the Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012.” on July 26, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Rules on July 26, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43487
- CBO publication date
- July 26, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6169, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6169
- 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. 112-629 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Rules Committee on July 30, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/629
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6169, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6169
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65881bcfa2bd180fba0adc78c233215fbec90861d27eb4eb97dd05b3cd9f689f
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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. DREIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5201):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, section 5, clause 2 (relating to the power of each House of Congress to determine the rules of its proceedings).Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6169, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6169
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65881bcfa2bd180fba0adc78c233215fbec90861d27eb4eb97dd05b3cd9f689f
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6169, last updated April 7, 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
3 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 6169. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (2) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (2 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Amendment 1 to H.R. 6169On agreeing to the amendmentHouse · Aug 2, 2012 · roll 550R 0–236 D 176–10176–246Failed
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommit with instructionsHouse · Aug 2, 2012 · roll 551R 3–233 D 185–2188–235Failed
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 3 of 3 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Berg (R-ND), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Dave Camp (R-MI), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Wally Herger (R-CA), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Tom Reed (R-NY), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Dreier.
- H.Res. 9 (112th) Instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing the job-killing health care law.
- H.Res. 218 (112th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1473) making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and…
- H.Res. 26 (112th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the…
- H.Res. 281 (112th) Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the bill (S. 990) to provide for an additional temporary…
- H.Res. 375 (112th) Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 627) to establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays, and for…
- H.Res. 38 (112th) Reducing non-security spending to fiscal year 2008 levels or less.
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.