House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny deduction for outsourcing payments.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7559.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7559, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7559
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 31, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
db1dbe2fcacec7ac1ec666da687c350cfea61b8cb87bfb00bccf1873eb765053
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 August 31, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 2976 (119th) HIRE ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.