House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 235.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 4, January 9, 2015, Page H189):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U. S. Constitution which gives Congress authority to ``regulate Commerce . . . among the several States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 144 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 235, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
07a9d6306b7525af4b8d70614006d9025d336d0a00943550ccac43b2645f33d2
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 April 7, 2025). 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
191 cosponsors — 132 Republicans, 58 Democrats, 1 independent
59 of 191 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Doug Collins (R-GA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and 161 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Goodlatte.
- H.R. 6130 (114th) Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016
- H.R. 5063 (114th) Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016
- H.R. 1656 (114th) Secret Service Improvements Act of 2016
- H.R. 1927 (114th) Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016
- H.R. 2288 (114th) To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2830 (114th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.