House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
America Votes 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: Sep 14, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6419.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSEN of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6061):As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 109 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6419, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c4313779b6a5de72bb05e67c3f29b8802e6985e3f237f9f61a47818f996493a8
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6419, last updated August 14, 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
43 cosponsors — 43 Democrats
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Judy Chu (D-CA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and 13 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.