House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
CERTS Tax Exemption Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7477.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 62, April 7, 2022, Page H4434):Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7477, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7477
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
327c2fbf8f5ebb4d1e76d096654d0b47641d8b9d5c21535ef6bc3ace5b99e437
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7477, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
88 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 59 Democrats
29 of 88 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Mark Green (R-TN) and 58 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.