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: Sep 21, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6188.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARNAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5291):Article I, Section 1. ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 179 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6188, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6188
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 6188, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Russ Carnahan.
- H.R. 3200 (112th) Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act
- H.R. 3046 (112th) Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2011
- H.R. 5711 (112th) Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2012
- H.Res. 258 (112th) Honoring and supporting women in the Middle East and North Africa for their bravery and leadership and calling on the United States…
- H.R. 3371 (112th) High-Performance Federal Buildings Act of 2011
- H.R. 4315 (112th) Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act
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.