House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow rehabilitation expenditures for public school buildings to qualify for rehabilitation credit.
Sponsor: Rep. Dwight Evans D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8501.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 73, April 27, 2026, Page H3124):\t Article I, Section 8, clause 1, provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 126 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8501, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8501
- 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
10 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 9 Democrats
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 1071 (119th) Recognizing the desegregation efforts at Girard College in Philadelphia, and the leaders involved in African-American integration and…
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.