House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FAIR PREP Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit certain activities constituting preparation of tax returns by the Secretary of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Adrian Smith R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 451.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H187):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 451, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/451
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Republicans
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Kevin Hern (R-OK), David Kustoff (R-TN), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Keith Self (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), William Timmons (R-SC), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Steve Womack (R-AR), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 1346 (119th) To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3164 (119th) Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
- H.R. 1502 (119th) North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 833 (119th) Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- H.R. 2398 (119th) Rural Veterinary Workforce Act
- H.R. 2891 (119th) IRA Charitable Rollover Facilitation and Enhancement Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 96 (119th) FAIR PREP Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.