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. 694.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KISSELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H775):The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense 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
- 261 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 694, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/694
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 694, 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
61 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 47 Democrats
14 of 61 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robert Dold (R-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Jesse Jackson (D-IL) and 31 more.
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.