House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2012
- Committee actionSep 12, 2012
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 20, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6361.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6361, Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2012” on September 14, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 12, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 14, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43615
- CBO publication date
- September 14, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6361, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
360c715615e67f28a1c7ae682c7dc888e0fd43cdd473f609a3b45c75b29ad535
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5765):The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing Powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 334 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6361, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
360c715615e67f28a1c7ae682c7dc888e0fd43cdd473f609a3b45c75b29ad535
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6361, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Judy Biggert (R-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gary Miller (R-CA), James Renacci (R-OH), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
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.