House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.
Sponsor: Rep. Brendan Boyle D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2671.
- 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. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution under the General Welfare ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2671, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2671
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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
176 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 170 Democrats
6 of 176 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ) and 146 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brendan Boyle.
- H.R. 2319 (119th) Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2025
- 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
- H.R. 10251 (119th) Back-to-School Supplies Affordability Act
Related bills
- S. 1286 (119th) Tax Fairness for Workers ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 6900 (119th) American Affordability Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.