House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Keep the Forest in the Family Estate Tax Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep. Diane Black R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6439.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BLACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6151):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 296 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6439, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6439, 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
23 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 23 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Wally Herger (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), William Owens (D-NY), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Collin Peterson (D-MN), David Reichert (R-WA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Greg Walden (R-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diane Black.
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- H.Con.Res. 36 (112th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.
- H.R. 3575 (112th) Legally Binding Budget Act of 2011
- H.Res. 509 (112th) Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the…
- H.R. 4134 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that any person who, for a commercial purpose, makes available for consumer use a…
- H.R. 3842 (112th) To prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specified State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration…
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.