Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4722.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4722, Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2016” on March 23, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51410

  CBO publication date

  March 23, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4722, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4722

  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. 114-476 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 23, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/476

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4722, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a472e8b45c3f90734c4eaa4aa31cbabacf49d99e68dbf8e9b2d5f9af6939e26

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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. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 39, March 10, 2016, Page H1302):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4722, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4722

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a472e8b45c3f90734c4eaa4aa31cbabacf49d99e68dbf8e9b2d5f9af6939e26

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