House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CHEERS Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify qualified energy-efficient draft alcohol property as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation.
Sponsor: Rep. Darin LaHood R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7620.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2235):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7620, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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 October 6, 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.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1152 (119th) Electronic Filing and Payment Fairness Act
- H.R. 167 (119th) Community Reclamation Partnerships Act of 2025
- H.R. 2725 (119th) Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 4 (119th) Expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical…
- H.R. 1200 (119th) Freight RAILCAR Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 4688 (119th) CHEERS Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.