Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3996.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3996, Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act” on November 2, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 12, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53282

  CBO publication date

  November 2, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3996, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  249a39f1af7d1d9c78aeab1bd751e26448fbe1ca2e16f341803b3d12a8ed081f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-598 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 14, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/598

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3996, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  249a39f1af7d1d9c78aeab1bd751e26448fbe1ca2e16f341803b3d12a8ed081f

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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. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 162, October 10, 2017, Page H7918):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 9
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3996, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  249a39f1af7d1d9c78aeab1bd751e26448fbe1ca2e16f341803b3d12a8ed081f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3996, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.