House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5708):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6281, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
11 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 11 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Todd Platts (R-PA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick.
- H.R. 4018 (112th) Public Safety Officers' Benefits Improvements Act of 2012
- H.R. 6726 (112th) Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act
- H.R. 6721 (112th) To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made in fiscal year 2013 or 2014.
- H.Con.Res. 139 (112th) Condemning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran for addressing the United Nations on Yom Kippur.
- H.R. 4306 (112th) Captive Primate Safety Act
- H.R. 3766 (112th) Jeremy Bell 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.