House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 687.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H775):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 295 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 687, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5fac3ddf46f077accca709797558f31651aaeb4aec067d71aa0d83760dee0946
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. 687, 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
92 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 47 Democrats
47 of 92 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark Critz (D-PA), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ) and 62 more.
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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.