House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2000

H.R. 4163Introduced Apr 4, 2000Policy area: Taxation

Sponsor: Rep. Amo Houghton R-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 4, 2000
Committee actionApr 5, 2000
Passed HouseApr 11, 2000 · 424–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 12, 2000 — 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. 4163.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4163, Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2000” on April 10, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 5, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12179
CBO publication date
April 10, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4163, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4163
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-566 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 10, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4163, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4163
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4163, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

30 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 7 Democrats

7 of 30 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.

Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Dave Camp (R-MI), Mac Collins (R-GA), William Coyne (D-PA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Foley (R-FL), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Robert Matsui (D-CA), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Jim Nussle (R-IA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Charles Rangel (D-NY), E. Shaw (R-FL), John Tanner (D-TN), Lee Terry (R-NE), William Thomas (R-CA), Wes Watkins (R-OK), Gerald Weller (R-IL).

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Amo Houghton.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.