House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6178.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5201):Article 4, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6178, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99959edf98ecb696a7f12e11ca59a87ab5c7782f10349e66541a8c51519b3f12
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6178, last updated December 5, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Adam Smith (D-WA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
- H.R. 4305 (112th) Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program
- H.R. 4086 (112th) Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
- H.R. 6504 (112th) Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012
- H.R. 3897 (112th) Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012
- H.J.Res. 102 (112th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 2802 (112th) Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011
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.