House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6446.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSKAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6232):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 states The Congress shall have Power To provide . . . for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6446, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6446
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd274341ca6cf4fb5391c78a93214f44e8d7e1c7ce3f738c68d091fe44219568
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. 6446, 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
17 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 17 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Ron Kind (D-WI), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Roskam.
- H.R. 2139 (112th) Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 2569 (112th) Free File Program Act of 2011
- H.R. 3091 (112th) To make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends.
- H.R. 3399 (112th) Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act
- H.R. 2478 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received for services by a student at a work-college.
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.