House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Buffett Rule Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 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. 6410.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6061):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6410, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6410
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6410, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Todd Rokita (R-IN), John Shimkus (R-IL), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), C. W. Young (R-FL).
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.