House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the child tax credit.
Sponsor: Rep. Barbara Comstock R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4846.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. COMSTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 46, March 23, 2016, Page H1584):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4846, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4846
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), David Schweikert (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Comstock.
- H.R. 4755 (114th) Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act
- H.R. 1119 (114th) Research and Development Efficiency Act
- H.Con.Res. 7 (114th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.R. 3585 (114th) Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2015
- H.R. 4102 (114th) Student Loan Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 5030 (114th) To authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.