House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the adjusted gross income limitation for above-the-line deduction of expenses of performing artist employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Vern Buchanan R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 721.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 15, January 24, 2025, Page H395):Article 1 section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 721, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/721
- 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
26 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 26 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Michael Turner (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
- H.R. 4313 (119th) Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act
- H.R. 5347 (119th) Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act
- H.R. 139 (119th) Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 919 (119th) Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
- H.R. 6130 (119th) ASAP Act
- H.R. 9501 (119th) AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 1121 (119th) Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2025Identical bill
- H.R. 6900 (119th) American Affordability Act of 2025Related 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.