House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for specific taxpayer notice when information is sought from third parties.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2025
- Committee actionDec 10, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 27, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6495.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6495, Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act” on February 5, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on January 7, 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/62080
- CBO publication date
- February 5, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6495, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6495
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-427 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on January 7, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/427
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6495, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6495
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe7d847919a288da6ee5dc1b49a251144e4bb38e2df9811b5c7acae44bf85728
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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. STEUBE:, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 204, December 5, 2025, Page H5057):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6495, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6495
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe7d847919a288da6ee5dc1b49a251144e4bb38e2df9811b5c7acae44bf85728
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Steube.
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- H.R. 9498 (119th) Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act
- H.R. 28 (119th) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
- H.R. 1028 (119th) Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 2026
- H.R. 539 (119th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
- H.R. 3469 (119th) Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.