House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
EITC Modernization Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the earned income tax credit to all taxpayers with dependents and to qualifying students, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 905.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H434):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 303 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 905, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/905
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 May 1, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
- H.R. 469 (119th) Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
- H.R. 3087 (119th) Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act
- H.Res. 116 (119th) Condemning the pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers.
- H.R. 3376 (119th) Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 1638 (119th) CROWN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4007 (119th) PHARA Act of 2025
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.