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H.R. 4885: IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

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H.R. 4885: IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-23 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 161 (2016): On Passage, HR4885 (2016-04-20), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 18, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to deposit fees for services in the general fund of the Treasury and prohibits the expenditure of such fees unless an appropriations Act provides for such expenditure.

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Official text

IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] · 9 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4885, IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016 (2016-04-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] reported raising $6.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4885 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114