Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9499.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9499, Protecting Taxpayers From Ghost Preparers 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

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62713

  CBO publication date

  August 20, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9499, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  599c0548f8f189f7d0353bc904f57003340a87930eeb03f20e3d6874e360a42d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-806 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/806

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9499, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  599c0548f8f189f7d0353bc904f57003340a87930eeb03f20e3d6874e360a42d

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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. MALLIOTAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 108, June 29, 2026, Page H4316):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9499, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  599c0548f8f189f7d0353bc904f57003340a87930eeb03f20e3d6874e360a42d

  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. 9499, last updated September 28, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.