House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Free File Program Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2569.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSKAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5127):Article I, Section 8, which states ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,'' and Article I, Section 7, which states ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 216 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2569, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2569
- 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. 2569, 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
150 cosponsors — 98 Republicans, 52 Democrats
52 of 150 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Joe Baca (D-CA), John Barrow (D-GA), Charles Bass (R-NH), Rick Berg (R-ND), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), John Carney (D-DE), John Carter (R-TX), Hansen Clarke (D-MI) and 120 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Roskam.
- H.R. 2139 (112th) Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 3091 (112th) To make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends.
- H.R. 3399 (112th) Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act
- H.R. 6446 (112th) Improving Diagnostic Innovations Act of 2012
- H.R. 2478 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received for services by a student at a work-college.
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.