Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3590.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3590, Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act” on June 30, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 15, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2016 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51753

  CBO publication date

  June 30, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3590, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3590

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 114-657 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 5, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 5, 2016 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/657

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3590, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3590

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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 Ms. McSALLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 137, September 22, 2015, Page H6189):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 This Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Dueties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3590, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3590

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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