House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 24, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6187.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5291):Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6187, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6187
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e00a1ae14325659fb97d9f786847bb284863d67a65f517342751f66511c818e
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. 6187, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Himes.
- H.R. 1965 (112th) To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3283 (112th) Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act
- H.R. 3322 (112th) Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act
- H.R. 5615 (112th) Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act of 2012
- H.R. 1615 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Gallium metal.
- H.R. 2804 (112th) To suspend temporarily the duty on stannic oxide.
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.