House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a partial exclusion under section 911 for foreign earned income of employees of United States Government contractors who do not fulfill their foreign country residency requirements by reason of an Armed Forces troop reduction or similar cause beyond the employer's control.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2012
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Aug 2, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6341.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALAZZO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5710):The powers granted through Article 1 Section 8, and Amendment XVI to the Constitution of the United States of AmericaSource: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 117 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6341, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 7, 2024
- 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 February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
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.