House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Safeguarding Charity Act
Official title: To amend title 1, United States Code, to clarify that certain tax exemptions are not treated as Federal financial assistance.
Sponsor: Rep. W. Steube R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2896.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1603):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2896, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a666340949cbdace7f74002052264d3de468d4533ba7178b0e79681bd4bd765
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 December 5, 2025). 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ben Cline (R-VA), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mary Miller (R-IL), Blake Moore (R-UT), Troy Nehls (R-TX), David Taylor (R-OH), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Steube.
- H.R. 5366 (119th) Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
- H.R. 6495 (119th) Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act
- H.R. 9498 (119th) Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act
- H.R. 28 (119th) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
- H.R. 1028 (119th) Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 2026
- H.R. 539 (119th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 1428 (119th) Safeguarding Charity ActIdentical 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.