To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 529.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 529, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans” on February 19, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 12, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49962

  CBO publication date

  February 19, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 529, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/529

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-25 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 20, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 20, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/25

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 529, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/529

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7ea4cbdc8e3cabb08d596d1b810bf5f3a80fd2f72c7834f80f1afdb0aa2b3f7

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 12, January 26, 2015, Page H583):
  Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  200 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 529, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/529

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7ea4cbdc8e3cabb08d596d1b810bf5f3a80fd2f72c7834f80f1afdb0aa2b3f7

  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. 529, last updated December 5, 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.