VETT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1432.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1432, VETT Act” on February 6, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on January 18, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59941

  CBO publication date

  February 6, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1432, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1432

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  540a41e321f75d1c5b5b61fb380ed9c3ff14e547c7773f12024914ea1d5dd511

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-351 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on January 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/351

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1432, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1432

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  540a41e321f75d1c5b5b61fb380ed9c3ff14e547c7773f12024914ea1d5dd511

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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. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 43, March 7, 2023, Page H1152):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Tax
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  67 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1432, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1432

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  540a41e321f75d1c5b5b61fb380ed9c3ff14e547c7773f12024914ea1d5dd511

  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. 1432, last updated December 6, 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.