Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10461.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 187, December 17, 2024, Page H7320):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Requires tax preparers to demonstrate competency in preparing returns, claims for refund, and associated documents.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  178 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10461, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10461

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 8, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a855983724a5cbdcf0f0ab387a05b89f1986fe3745cb034df56550994a1d2fa

  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 August 8, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10461, last updated August 8, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.