To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 674.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 674, A bill to Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Repeal the Imposition of 3 Percent Withholding on Certain Payments Made to Vendors by Government Entities” on October 31, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 13, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42653

  CBO publication date

  October 31, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 674, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/674

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3c7944ab80fdc43b12c4419420fb8f2223a70b976ead5e741f611af92f929d2

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 674, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities” on October 31, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 18, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42671

  CBO publication date

  October 31, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 674, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/674

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3c7944ab80fdc43b12c4419420fb8f2223a70b976ead5e741f611af92f929d2

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Senate Amendment 927 to H.R. 674” on November 30, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the amendment as proposed on November 8, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42737

  CBO publication date

  November 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 674, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/674

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3c7944ab80fdc43b12c4419420fb8f2223a70b976ead5e741f611af92f929d2

• 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. 112-253 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on October 18, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 18, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/253

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 674, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/674

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3c7944ab80fdc43b12c4419420fb8f2223a70b976ead5e741f611af92f929d2

  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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H725):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 674, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/674

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3c7944ab80fdc43b12c4419420fb8f2223a70b976ead5e741f611af92f929d2

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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