House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Access Technology Affordability Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit against income tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Kelly R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1529.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 36, February 24, 2025, Page H769):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1529, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1529
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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
78 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 49 Democrats, 1 independent
49 of 78 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly.
- H.R. 7959 (119th) IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act
- H.Res. 1156 (119th) Expressing support for tax policies that support working families.
- H.R. 3514 (119th) Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- H.R. 9098 (119th) Congressional Records Protection Act of 2026
- H.R. 516 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
- H.R. 2199 (119th) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.