Lower Your Taxes Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5953.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SYKES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 167, October 12, 2023, Page H5008):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation expands the Earned Income and Child Tax Credits and pays for the increase in benefits by requiring corporations to pay their fair share of taxes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5953, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5953

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4448764935ca3556fe310342c7dc91952863a09e205d2422a4b65c4ee1d46ba0

  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 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5953, last updated January 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.