Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 882.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 882, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2013” on April 11, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 20, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 11, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44077

  CBO publication date

  April 11, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 882, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/882

  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. 113-35 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 12, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 12, 2013 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/35

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 882, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/882

  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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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H816):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I, To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2 of Section 8 of Article I, To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I, To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  624 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 882, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/882

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  feb634bead4abb7ca52de9579abd4417ce7013ec8a87aada0a372988f7257858

  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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