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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Hope Scholarship Credit to cover fees, books, supplies, and equipment and to exempt Federal Pell Grants and Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants from reducing expenses taken into account for the Hope Scholarship Credit.

H.R. 625Introduced Feb 8, 2005Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Dave Camp R-MI
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 8, 2005 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

52 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 34 Democrats

34 of 52 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.

Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), John McHugh (R-NY), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Brad Miller (D-NC), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) and 22 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Camp.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress · MI-4 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.