HITS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1259.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SANCHEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H972):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To allow independent music creators to deduct 100 percent of recording production expenses in the year they are incurred, rather than in later years.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  213 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1259, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86d1d29406d74cea84b89d957e421d1ab7530c68238b91b37308c667bfef25a6

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1259, last updated December 5, 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.