House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Simplify, Don’t Amplify the IRS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2556.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARSHBARGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 61, April 10, 2023, Page H1718):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: TaxSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 101 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2556, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1880f2595e1b5e510d9669e638c3bb77b0d118f412efb60c31f6727884eaf9de
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 December 5, 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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.