To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5912.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3661):
  Amendment XVI to the United States Constitution. Additionally, since the Constitution does not provide Congress with the power to provide financial support to U.S. political parties, the general repeal of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund for this purpose is consistent with the powers that are reserved to the States and to the people as expressed in Amendments IX and X to the United States Constitution. Further, Article I Section 8 defines the scope and powers of Congress and does not include this concept of taxation in furtherance of funding U.S. political parties within the expressed powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  606 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5912, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5912

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  469aa6eab25ffd25b36dbf4d840b57ceb7d7ae541604a61beb02ed9c8ba48da9

  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.

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