Voter Empowerment Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 12.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Page H1804):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 12, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/12

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad20da4e5c2c654fb8292f23012b0e08c40152dd1be25487cbaf28d6781bced8

  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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 12, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.