H.R. 138
119th Congress
House
Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow expenses for parents to be taken into account as medical expenses, and for other purposes.
Taxation
Bank accounts, deposits, capitalFamily relationshipsHealth care costs and insuranceIncome tax deductionsIncome tax exclusion
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
58
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Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- White House Office
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Cosponsors
33
D
Whitesides, George
R
Finstad, Brad
D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
R
Hill, J. French
D
Gottheimer, Josh
R
Fulcher, Russ
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
R
Calvert, Ken
D
Hoyle, Val T.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Goodlander, Maggie
D
Hernández, Pablo Jose
R
Kiggans, Jennifer A.
D
Riley, Josh
R
Pfluger, August
R
Thompson, Glenn
R
Tenney, Claudia
R
Wittman, Robert J.
R
Bacon, Don
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Neguse, Joe
R
Gooden, Lance
R
Nunn, Zachary
R
Bresnahan, Robert P.
D
Vindman, Eugene Simon
D
Magaziner, Seth
R
Kim, Young
R
Amodei, Mark E.
R
Moran, Nathaniel
R
De La Cruz, Monica
R
Lawler, Michael
R
Van Drew, Jefferson
D
Thompson, Mike
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 138: Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-138/
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