House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Tax on Restored Benefits Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain benefits received by reason of the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2026
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Feb 4, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7361.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 25, February 4, 2026, Pages H2031-H2032):The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defefense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote the general welfare of the United States of America and her citizens. Additionally Congress has theSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 476 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7361, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). 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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Sharice Davids (D-KS), Adam Gray (D-CA), George Latimer (D-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), John Mannion (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lance Gooden.
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- H.R. 7387 (119th) Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.