Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4691.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4691, Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2014” on June 5, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 29, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45423

  CBO publication date

  June 5, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4691, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-497 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 26, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/497

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4691, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5a1b23082977502432a9f3b9bd2617c1068e33ba777fed7c3a9862dc80e6d1d3

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4685):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4691, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5a1b23082977502432a9f3b9bd2617c1068e33ba777fed7c3a9862dc80e6d1d3

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4691, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.