Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 500.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DesJARLAIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H473):
  Article I, Sec. 8 Clause1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for thecommon Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout theUnited States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  286 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 500, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebfb391b346370a0f609648f31959e74ff0a92ae937e56e5bc4bd08ede17e257

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 500, 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.