House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize the National Taxpayer Advocate to appear as amicus curiae in Federal tax cases, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2026
- Committee actionJul 1, 2026
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 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. 9498.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9498, Taxpayer Advocate Participation 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/62712
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9498, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 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. 119-799 ↗. 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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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/799
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9498, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 108, June 29, 2026, Page H4316):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2026 ↗
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- H.R. 9498, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
462c89b61710a245dd5a08ec6a7171186122d9d16540d2edf0c9c39823fa17e8
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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. 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
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.