House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Louisiana Flood and Storm Devastation Tax Relief Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6137.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOUSTANY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 144, September 22, 2016, Page H5866):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 87 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6137, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Boustany.
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- H.R. 1430 (114th) Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2015
- H.R. 2580 (114th) LTCH Technical Correction Act of 2015
- H.R. 2952 (114th) Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.