House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2025
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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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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.
- 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. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H40):Article 1 Section 8. 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 January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 206 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 138, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
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.
- H.R. 4313 (119th) Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act
- H.R. 5347 (119th) Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act
- H.R. 139 (119th) Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 919 (119th) Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
- H.R. 6130 (119th) ASAP Act
- H.R. 9501 (119th) AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.