Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4996.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 61, April 20, 2016, Page H1897):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  68 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4996, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e75a6abe72c44568dda6e1893b970830b5eee22c2a9cc675cbea2135ec118e52

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4996, last updated August 12, 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.