To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1959.

• 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. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1040):
  Article 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1959, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1959

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 8, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d57da09efb44cce5acd912dceb6896da7814f9c2c57469537d9eaf9f694ff59

  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 May 8, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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