House bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-273
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 9, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJan 1, 2013 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJan 2, 2013
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2013
- Became lawJan 14, 2013
Latest action: Jan 14, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 112-273.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6586.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALAZZO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6328):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6586, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2a3ba78cd265d5fbe6590323fa7ab08ef7f7223093bd96ea1ed8ff386207aeb
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 July 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6586, last updated July 2, 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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Ralph Hall (R-TX), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Palazzo.
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- H.R. 2821 (112th) To allow damage payments from BP in connection with the blowout and explosion on the offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon to be…
- H.R. 6341 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a partial exclusion under section 911 for foreign earned income of employees of United…
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.