To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable credit for expenses incurred for in vitro fertilization.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9479.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 138, September 6, 2024, Page H5033):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable credit for expenses incurred for in vitro fertilization.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  223 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9479, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9479

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7b177102a2bda9be1965f43b456bcc9f0c873dc91c7f00b8cb6df8843fa0612

  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 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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