Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 640.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 640, Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2015” on February 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 4, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49934

  CBO publication date

  February 6, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 640, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8df49273585f46148568b81d6b789bb9fa0a4458815a3720a51bf88965574eda

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-19 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 9, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/19

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 640, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8df49273585f46148568b81d6b789bb9fa0a4458815a3720a51bf88965574eda

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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. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 17, February 2, 2015, Page H704):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 640, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8df49273585f46148568b81d6b789bb9fa0a4458815a3720a51bf88965574eda

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 640, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.