House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Middle Class Home Tax Elimination Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the dollar limitations on the exclusion of gain from sales of principal residences, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7131.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 12, January 16, 2026, Page H924):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7131, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 4327 (119th) No Tax on Home Sales ActRelated bill
- H.R. 7034 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the dollar limitations on the exclusion of gain from sales of principal…Related 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.