Bringing Back American Jobs Through Intellectual Property Repatriation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8274.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 79, May 7, 2024, Page H2937):
  U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes. . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would amend the tax code to encourage the transfer of intellectual property from controlled foreign corporations to U.S. shareholders.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2024 ↗

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  301 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8274, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8274

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 2, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0de2a8c040f136e1975ffc792418b128b59825cda5d03bdfdf60add4ae29cde5

  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 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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