House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Global Investments in America's Cities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 6, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6493.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6277):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 101 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6493, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6493
- 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.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hansen Clarke.
- H.R. 2920 (112th) Detroit Jobs Trust Fund Act
- H.R. 4170 (112th) Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012
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- H.Res. 365 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should cut the United States' true debt burden by reducing home…
- H.R. 4848 (112th) Save Our Neighborhoods Act of 2012
- H.R. 6658 (112th) Urban Competitiveness Act
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.