House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Massie R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1040.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H556):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1040, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1040
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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.
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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
34 cosponsors — 34 Republicans
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Aaron Bean (R-FL), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Green (R-TN), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Mary Miller (R-IL), Cory Mills (R-FL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), Chip Roy (R-TX), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie.
- H.R. 2267 (119th) NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1399 (119th) Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual…
- H.Con.Res. 38 (119th) Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized…
- H.R. 645 (119th) National Constitutional Carry Act
- H.Res. 581 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to advance responsible policies.
- H.R. 4700 (119th) PRIME Act
Related bills
- S. 458 (119th) Senior Citizens Tax Elimination ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.