To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create parity for unmarried individuals and heads of household with respect to the temporary 2021 income phaseouts in the child tax credit.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3216.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 83, May 13, 2021, Page H2316):
  ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3216, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8bed88a0c062fabed54e0fa317aaeace2ed81e2f525cca383b53bd52dc25b5f6

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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