Reducing Poverty through Employment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2966.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2966, Reducing Poverty through Employment Act” on May 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 11, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51575

  CBO publication date

  May 13, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2966, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-645 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 28, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 28, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/645

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2966, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 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. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 105, July 8, 2015, Page H4956):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 8, 2015 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2966, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0fcb3a52d6ca48dd039124fa0674e2677927a1a132e0c35220e343335bf3dd33

  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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