House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To eliminate an unnecessary reporting requirement for an unfunded DNA Identification grant program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 27, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 5, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6605.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONYERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6469):U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6605, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6605
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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 10, 2026). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.