House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2012 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6296.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5709):This bill makes changes to existing law relating to ``Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution Clause 18.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6296, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc8a75cfa0be28535a0ae08e35e74bfb040f31670fa043b57ba1ce0bd58feb67
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6296, last updated April 7, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Tim Holden (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lou Barletta.
- H.R. 2415 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11 Dock Street in Pittston, Pennsylvania, as the "Trooper Joshua…
- H.Res. 743 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative stamp honoring the Nation's coal miners.
- H.R. 3042 (112th) Disaster Loan Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 6070 (112th) To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to determine the impact on the United States of the policy…
- H.R. 2057 (112th) Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act of 2011
- H.R. 6595 (112th) Joint Military Heritage Preservation Act of 2012
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.