House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

H.R. 833Introduced Jan 31, 2025Policy area: Taxation

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-NE

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 31, 2025
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Latest action: Jan 31, 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. 833.

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. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H433):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1
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H.R. 833, 119th Congress
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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

91 cosponsors — 90 Republicans, 1 independent

0 of 91 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Ben Cline (R-VA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Troy Downing (R-MT), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Vince Fong (R-CA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL) and 61 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Nebraska in Congress · NE-3 district

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