H.R. 2918 119th Congress House

Family Business Legacy Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the value of taxable estates bequests to certain exempt organizations.

Introduced: April 14, 2025 Introduced by: W. Gregory Steube Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

Taxation

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Apr 14, 2025

Introduced in House

Apr 14, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Votes taken on this bill 5

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Sep 30, 2009	Senate · vote #302	On the Conference Report H.R. 2918	Agreed To	62–38	See who voted →
Sep 30, 2009	Senate · vote #301	On the Motion (Motion to Waive Budget Act Points of Order Re: H.R. 2918 Confere…	Agreed To	61–39	See who voted →
Sep 30, 2009	Senate · vote #300	On the Motion (Motion to Waive Rule XXVIII Re: H.R. 2918 Conference Report)	Agreed To	61–39	See who voted →
Jul 6, 2009	Senate · vote #217	On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2918	Passed	67–25	See who voted →
Jun 25, 2009	Senate · vote #214	On the Motion (Motion to Table Motion to Commit H.R. 2918 to the Committee on A…	Agreed To	65–31	See who voted →

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 13

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
for KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
for CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
for KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
for KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
for KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL)
for SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL (SBE COUNCIL) · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
13 filings
SENATE
9 filings
Treasury, Dept of
5 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
5 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
3 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
3 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
2 filings
White House Office
2 filings

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Cosponsors 1

McCormick, Richard

Georgia · Apr 14, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2918: Family Business Legacy Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2918/

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"H.R. 2918: Family Business Legacy Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2918/.

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H.R. 2918, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2918/.

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