House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Ban the Box Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6220.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5328):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6220, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aaff00b6a578f43d4defc3893ccab27bbf39d9944b267e3ff27ccce33cf1d073
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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6220, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Conyers (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hansen Clarke.
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- H.Res. 365 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should cut the United States' true debt burden by reducing home…
- H.R. 4848 (112th) Save Our Neighborhoods Act of 2012
- H.R. 6658 (112th) Urban Competitiveness 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.