Fairness for Farmers Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1387.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 45, March 17, 2015, Page H1722):
  The Power to tax and pay debts--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States:'' The Commerce Clause--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes:''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  487 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1387, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1387

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75bc2ac45a24ed411860dcde573710579a47cd154d45cbcba327b5a0cb2537a9

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1387, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.