House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 31, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 14, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6241.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCARTHY OF New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5525):This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to the Congress by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6241, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
53361dcf493e1d858fb5fc5c1aeb5e425bfd99c24cd8c558b4d80579ac0ddf24
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. 6241, 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
52 cosponsors — 52 Democrats
0 of 52 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Karen Bass (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Robert Brady (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.