Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4970.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To exclude from gross income payments made to compensate wildfire survivors for losses and damages.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4970, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4970

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  3bd510c37ad88c2a03a18c8a744f8edf8094b6de5c18a75e4c80847f5c8b1843

  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 10, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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