Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5053.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5053, Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act” on May 10, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 28, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51558

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5053, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5053

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e1246d6e32877aa0798503f2b752bb26fcb7aeb4487cf3270221968fc8ccc99

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-612 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 9, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/612

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5053, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5053

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e1246d6e32877aa0798503f2b752bb26fcb7aeb4487cf3270221968fc8ccc99

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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. ROSKAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 64, April 26, 2016, Page H1995):
  a) Article I, Section 1, which states, ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives''; and b) Article I, Section 7, which states, ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills''; and c) Article I, Section 8, which states, ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,'' ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes,'' and ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  841 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5053, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5053

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e1246d6e32877aa0798503f2b752bb26fcb7aeb4487cf3270221968fc8ccc99

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