House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income mandatory restitution or civil damages received as recompense for trafficking in persons.
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley Schneider D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6227.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHNEIDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4877):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6227, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6227
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 22, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 December 22, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Blake Moore (R-UT), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bradley Schneider.
- H.R. 6956 (119th) BARCODE Efficiency Act
- H.R. 3307 (119th) Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act
- H.Res. 68 (119th) Expressing strong disapproval of the President's announcement to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.
- H.R. 3696 (119th) Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2025
- H.R. 2464 (119th) Repealing Outdated and Unilateral Tariff Authorities Act
- H.R. 5283 (119th) Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Related bills
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.