Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 709.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 709, Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act” on April 3, 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 3, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50081

  CBO publication date

  April 3, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 709, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1455e4493ddd35c4d1962d23e424cefccd74d1d31a4c52f6f2a915efecd8f97d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-66 ↗. 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/66

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 709, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1455e4493ddd35c4d1962d23e424cefccd74d1d31a4c52f6f2a915efecd8f97d

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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. RENACCI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 19, February 4, 2015, Page H812):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 709, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1455e4493ddd35c4d1962d23e424cefccd74d1d31a4c52f6f2a915efecd8f97d

  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. 709, last updated December 6, 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.