House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students.
Sponsor: Rep. Adrian Smith R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 817.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H408):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 817, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 21, 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Republicans
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Vince Fong (R-CA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Blake Moore (R-UT), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John Rose (R-TN), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 1346 (119th) To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3164 (119th) Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
- H.R. 1502 (119th) North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 833 (119th) Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- H.R. 2398 (119th) Rural Veterinary Workforce Act
- H.R. 2891 (119th) IRA Charitable Rollover Facilitation and Enhancement Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 833 (119th) Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 292 (119th) Educational Choice for Children 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.