1HOUSE · AUG 2, 2012
Passed the House
223–197PASSED
R 188–46 D 35–151
On Passage · roll 554 · 10 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 31, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseAug 2, 2012 · 223–197
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6233.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6233, Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012” on August 1, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on July 31, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43511
- CBO publication date
- August 1, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6233, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6233
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5525):The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6233, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d5366eab0c49be45a25178e661ba906ae9173d348c5b49bfda341d8fff624af
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 6233. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommit with instructionsHouse · Aug 2, 2012 · roll 553R 2–232 D 187–0189–232Failed
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 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Lucas.
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- H.R. 6083 (112th) Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012
- H.R. 6228 (112th) To provide a one-year extension of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, with certain modifications and exceptions, to make…
- H.Res. 108 (112th) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Agriculture in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress.
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.