To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarships credit limit for married taxpayers filing a joint return.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10413.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5983):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10413, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10413

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08c6909065b8b0e4684b478b2de216295c82f2131dbabe5368170add17c1e6ed

  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 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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