House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Ryan R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 599.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H663):Article I, Section 8, clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 80 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 599, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/599
- 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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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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ron DeSantis (R-FL), J. Forbes (R-VA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Sam Johnson (R-TX), John Kline (R-MN), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Pete Olson (R-TX), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), James Renacci (R-OH), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Greg Walden (R-OR), Todd Young (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Ryan.
- H.R. 1831 (114th) Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2016
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- H.R. 3038 (114th) Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II
- H.R. 1891 (114th) To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for…
- H.R. 1890 (114th) Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
- H.R. 804 (114th) Expanding the Availability of Medicare Data Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.