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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2025

H.R. 138Introduced Jan 3, 2025Policy area: Taxation

Official title: 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.

Sponsor: Rep. Vern Buchanan R-FL
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 138.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 138, last updated October 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 21, 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

33 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 14 Democrats

14 of 33 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.

Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), J. Hill (R-AR), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Josh Riley (D-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-16 district

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Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.