Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 589.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H663):
  The constitutional authority for the Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act is found in Article I, Section 8, which gives Congress the power to lay and collect taxes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗

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  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 589, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/589

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1dc35ecac846e0a5288c2f4f85ae14d0fe40e41f490b9f8a86bc472a95bdd882

  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.

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