Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9495.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9495, Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act” on October 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 11, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 17, 2024 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60834

  CBO publication date

  October 17, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9495, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 26, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-729 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on November 8, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 8, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/729

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9495, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 26, 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 Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 139, September 9, 2024, Page H5097):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause I The single subject of this legislation is: Legislation that would prevent U.S. citizens who have been taken hostage or wrongfully detained abroad from incurring penalties for late tax payments while they were held, as well as terminating tax-exempt status for organizations found to be supporting terrorism.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  338 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9495, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 26, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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