House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-166
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2007
- Committee actionNov 2, 2007
- Passed HouseNov 9, 2007 · 216–193
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2007 · 88–5
- Resolving differencesDec 19, 2007
- To the PresidentDec 20, 2007
- Became lawDec 26, 2007
Latest action: Dec 26, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 110-166.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3996.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3996, Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007” on November 6, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 1, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19306
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3996, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26c15b69ba4d951c6c5023a77fce1e69797d0f79f311c8786ce994d8c27c3fdf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3996, Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007” on November 6, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 1, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19306
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3996, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26c15b69ba4d951c6c5023a77fce1e69797d0f79f311c8786ce994d8c27c3fdf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3996, Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007” on January 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 19, 2007, and signed by the President on December 26, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19425
- CBO publication date
- January 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3996, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26c15b69ba4d951c6c5023a77fce1e69797d0f79f311c8786ce994d8c27c3fdf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3996, Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007” on January 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 19, 2007, and signed by the President on December 26, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19425
- CBO publication date
- January 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3996, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26c15b69ba4d951c6c5023a77fce1e69797d0f79f311c8786ce994d8c27c3fdf
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-431 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on November 6, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 6, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/431
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3996, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/3996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26c15b69ba4d951c6c5023a77fce1e69797d0f79f311c8786ce994d8c27c3fdf
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3996, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.