House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Leave our Lakes Alone Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6244.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARTZLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5629):Article I: Section 8: Clause 3 The United States Congress shall have power ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 179 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6244, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6244
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), James Lankford (R-OK), John Shimkus (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vicky Hartzler.
- H.R. 3336 (112th) Small Business Credit Availability Act
- H.Con.Res. 25 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Obama administration's discontinuing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
- H.R. 4296 (112th) To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.
- H.R. 2355 (112th) Hallowed Grounds Act
- H.R. 3244 (112th) Landowner Protection Act of 2011
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.