House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2025
Official title: To ensure high-income earners pay a fair share of Federal taxes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2534.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 58, April 1, 2025, Page H1404):Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution under the General Welfare ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2534, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2534
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 February 4, 2026). 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brendan Boyle.
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- H.R. 2671 (119th) Tax Fairness for Workers Act
- H.R. 2753 (119th) Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 16 (119th) Providing for a joint session of the Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in honor of the semiquincentennial…
- H.R. 5220 (119th) Congressional Power of the Purse Act
- H.R. 5708 (119th) Federal Employees Civil Relief Act
Related bills
- S. 1243 (119th) Paying a Fair Share Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.