To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the State and local tax deduction marriage penalty.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9626.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9626, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9626

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  65e4620f0657b35cf0920e60158828f1788c80cadb505df857ee1db170e4ab98

  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 July 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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