Cutting Paperwork for Taxpayers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2978.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2088):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would make the interest received on a delayed tax refund non-taxable income for individual filers and small businesses.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  192 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2978, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8ebd906f69d61f96313e0238f9bbb1719bca785a04f63c8a607216540227150

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2978, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.