House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Carlos Curbelo R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2017
- Committee actionApr 11, 2018
- Passed HouseApr 17, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2018 — Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 2901 is laid on the table.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2901.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2901, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act of 2017” on April 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 11, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53754
- CBO publication date
- April 13, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2901, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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. CURBELO of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 102, June 15, 2017, Page H4938):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states that ``The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 316 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2901, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3dacf3af29aac565ccb03a5257ff1e347dd96dc99fda3cebe6e90320e015bd2d
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 committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2901, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
39 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent
24 of 39 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Delaney (D-MD), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), John Katko (R-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Brian Mast (R-FL), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), David Reichert (R-WA), Tom Rice (R-SC), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Curbelo.
- H.R. 5192 (115th) Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act
- H.R. 5774 (115th) COACH Act of 2018
- H.R. 2842 (115th) Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act
- H.Res. 695 (115th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 1810 (115th) Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017
- H.R. 468 (115th) Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017
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.