House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for small businesses to provide diaper changing stations in restrooms.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5440.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 152, September 17, 2025, Page H4411):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5440, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2025
- 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 October 9, 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
12 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 10 Democrats
2 of 12 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Menendez.
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- H.R. 2511 (119th) Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act
- H.R. 6984 (119th) Data Center Transparency Act
- H.R. 2949 (119th) Working Families Task Force Act of 2025
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.