To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Renewal Community program through end of 2012.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1428.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2535):
  The constitutional authority of this legislation lies in the power of congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises as described in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1. With further support from the Sixteenth Amendment, which provides Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever sources derived.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  333 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1428, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1428

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 7, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1caf721ebaf7b7b7c0c2c20cd53e35ebe4fe78b775152ae150d2a9b88d2d0a6d

  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 February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1428, last updated February 7, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.