House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6412.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6061):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6412, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6412
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a76d075e577b90547c48f8322c6b5b157b97fbae9efc6c274d07f1d2d7ab52f2
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
65 cosponsors — 65 Democrats
0 of 65 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), David Curson (D-MI), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), James Himes (D-CT), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA) and 35 more.
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.