Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5204.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5204, Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act” on September 27, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 21, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52055

  CBO publication date

  September 27, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5204, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5204

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f68c5234d8ca13f06ae634fe1b8611bc8a6e22abcbb7d983c679b55249ff18b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-861 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 8, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2016 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/861

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5204, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5204

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f68c5234d8ca13f06ae634fe1b8611bc8a6e22abcbb7d983c679b55249ff18b

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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. 75, May 12, 2016, Pages H2341-H2342):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, which states ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,'' and Article I, Section 7, which states ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  277 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5204, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5204

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f68c5234d8ca13f06ae634fe1b8611bc8a6e22abcbb7d983c679b55249ff18b

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

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