1HOUSE · DEC 20, 2012
Passed the House
215–209PASSED
R 215–21 D 0–188
On Passage · roll 644 · 1 present · 6 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 19, 2012
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 20, 2012 · 215–209
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2012 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6684.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CANTOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7360):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1,3, and 18 and Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United Stases Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6684, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6684
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 6684. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommit with instructionsHouse · Dec 20, 2012 · roll 643R 1–234 D 178–9179–243Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Cantor.
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- H.R. 6634 (112th) To change the effective date for the Internet publication of certain financial disclosure forms.
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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.