To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5879.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5879, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities” on September 26, 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 26, 2016 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52051

  CBO publication date

  September 26, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5879, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5879

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 114-863 ↗. 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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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/863

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5879, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5879

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 114, July 14, 2016, Pages H5014-H5015):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. 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; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5879, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5879

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a137813c1458e49b49a6b48743d6a51bdbe2990e9a01f1349e67ed9bf56c6eba

  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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