No Taxpayer Bailout for Defamation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4397.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3160):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare Clause. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation prevents entities from claiming tax deductions for any settlement or payment related to defamation in which the taxpayer has admitted guilt or culpability with respect to that payment.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗

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  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4397, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2dd1e998c4f69d79919475694c481e2cab56db873e2e059869cdcab402511003

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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