House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7222.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 20, February 5, 2024, Page H431):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow expenses for parents to be taken into account as medical expenses, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 241 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7222, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7222
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7222, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
30 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 30 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Aaron Bean (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Mike Carey (R-OH), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), J. Hill (R-AR), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Max Miller (R-OH), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mary Peltola (D-AK), August Pfluger (R-TX), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.