Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1026.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1026, Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act” on April 10, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 25, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50106

  CBO publication date

  April 10, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1026, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1026

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-68 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 13, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/68

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1026, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1026

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ece84563cc56464541445371a14fd6a4c27ddbea411f3a46f1a2e5cb9ba69ef7

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 31, February 24, 2015, Page H1115):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  69 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1026, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1026

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ece84563cc56464541445371a14fd6a4c27ddbea411f3a46f1a2e5cb9ba69ef7

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1026, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.