Hostage Private Debt Tax Freedom Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9431.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 135, August 30, 2024, Page H5021):
  Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1 , Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is taxation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 30, 2024 ↗

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  217 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9431, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9431

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  417e7ceda4408ce8aff42667862966f708f0e8d425e915febf2de22c77caa0c9

  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 October 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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