House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Boat Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for loan interest payments made with respect to certain watercraft.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9537.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YAKYM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 109, June 30, 2026, Page H4365):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9537, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 September 11, 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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Tim Burchett (R-TN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.