Innovate Less Lethal to De-Escalate Tax Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4242.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4242, Innovate Less Lethal to De-escalate Tax Modernization Act” on February 5, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 2, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 5, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62081

  CBO publication date

  February 5, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4242, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  397fd47a791e019fe3d0fd9404c8b94894da49b4f4eb5c68f4a012c4590c0ada

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-476 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 2, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/476

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4242, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  397fd47a791e019fe3d0fd9404c8b94894da49b4f4eb5c68f4a012c4590c0ada

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 111, June 27, 2025, Page H3034):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4242, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  397fd47a791e019fe3d0fd9404c8b94894da49b4f4eb5c68f4a012c4590c0ada

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4242, last updated July 18, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.