House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain broadband grants from gross income.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1873.
- 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. 42, March 5, 2025, Page H1010):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1873, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
15 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 15 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
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
- S. 674 (119th) Broadband Grant Tax Treatment ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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