To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6408.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6408, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations” on January 29, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on December 19, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 29, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59923

  CBO publication date

  January 29, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6408, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-331 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 19, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2023 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/331

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6408, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. KUSTOFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 188, November 14, 2023, Page H5856):
  Under Article 1, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation revokes the tax-exempt status of organizations deemed by the Secretary of the Treasury to have provided support to designated terrorist groups.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 14, 2023 ↗

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  516 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6408, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7b04f3830d123f68b5facb570864654440042550450aac42836e611feed5bd2

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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