House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6590.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 22, February 3, 2022, Page H947):The constitutional authority for the Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act is found in Article I, Section 8, which gives Congress the power to ``lay and collect'' taxes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6590, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6590
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4fad44521b2e6574882713fc346269af658db5e6b6a80572975e5004b5155ae6
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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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
28 cosponsors — 28 Republicans
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ben Cline (R-VA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mayra Flores (R-TX), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Jody Hice (R-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Chip Roy (R-TX), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie.
- H.R. 3860 (117th) To prohibit any requirement that a member of the Armed Forces receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
- H.R. 24 (117th) Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2021
- H.R. 3835 (117th) PRIME Act
- H.R. 5874 (117th) Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2021
- H.R. 899 (117th) To terminate the Department of Education.
- H.R. 7415 (117th) Safe Students Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.