Tipped Employee Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1612.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1288):
  Article I, Section 8 Clause 3: The Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: To clarify the definition of the term ``tipped employee''.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  255 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1612, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1612

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c6a2a64f24897e823f1c2fd38616a24844d62bfb03eccd61b4da182bcd1e1d6

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1612, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.