House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Lower Commuting Costs Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an above-the-line deduction for commuting expenses.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10511.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GILLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 149, September 21, 2026, Page H5994):section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10511, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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 October 2, 2026). 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.