Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5615.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2446):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``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. . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  284 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5615, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5615

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  640e97ced8ac72b963b1143325989ec212cc975bad38b1fe1188443fde91f193

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5615, last updated December 5, 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.