End Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9496.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9496, End Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act” on August 20, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 1, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62711

  CBO publication date

  August 20, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9496, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-797 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 8, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2026 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/797

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9496, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• 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. 172, No. 108, June 29, 2026, Page H4316):
  Article I
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9496, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08bc5a91178524586493460247a6f09bb6962b1651b6bc35a71e310c4c633fae

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9496, last updated October 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.