House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Defending American Jobs and Investment Act
Official title: To provide an enforcement of remedies against the extraterritorial taxes and discriminatory taxes of foreign countries.
Sponsor: Rep. Jason Smith R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 21, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 591.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 12, January 21, 2025, Page H258):Article I, Section 8 of the Unites States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 591, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 16, 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 July 16, 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Ron Estes (R-KS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Carol Miller (R-WV), Max Miller (R-OH), Blake Moore (R-UT), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jason Smith.
- H.R. 6500 (119th) Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027
- H.R. 1156 (119th) Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
- H.R. 33 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from…
- H.Res. 212 (119th) Returning Senate Joint Resolution 3 to the Senate.
- H.R. 10357 (119th) Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act
- H.R. 9645 (119th) Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act
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.