Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 998.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 998, Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act” on April 1, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on March 31, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 1, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61284

  CBO publication date

  April 1, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 998, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  68023bedfd14375887159b75e5830ba5229485d601767f51606bcf52667580cf

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-42 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 27, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/42

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 998, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  68023bedfd14375887159b75e5830ba5229485d601767f51606bcf52667580cf

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FEENSTRA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H505):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (Taxing and Spending Clause)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  59 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 998, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  68023bedfd14375887159b75e5830ba5229485d601767f51606bcf52667580cf

  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. 998, last updated July 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.