IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4885.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4885, IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016” on April 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 13, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51483

  CBO publication date

  April 19, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4885, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4885

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bf732a980063a42dfbdfb0f4c021bc05a49c8abf84a931a03f7d38a144df8170

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-498 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 18, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 18, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/498

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4885, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4885

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bf732a980063a42dfbdfb0f4c021bc05a49c8abf84a931a03f7d38a144df8170

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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. 162, No. 46, March 23, 2016, Page H1585):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause [1] and Article I, Section 9, Clause [7]
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  69 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4885, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4885

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bf732a980063a42dfbdfb0f4c021bc05a49c8abf84a931a03f7d38a144df8170

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4885, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.