H.R. 1837 · 118th Congress

Investing in Our Communities Act

Introduced on Mar 28, 2023 by David Kustoff (R-TN-8). 19 cosponsors, 10 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 28, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 28, 2023
Cosponsors
19
10 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 28, 2023). Public domain.

Investing in Our Communities Act

This bill reinstates the exclusion from gross income for interest on certain bonds issued to advance the refunding of a prior bond issue. The exclusion was repealed for bonds issued after 2017.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

David KustoffR-TN-8Sponsor

Democrats · 10

Republicans · 9

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 28, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 28, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Mar 28, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN SECURITIES ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)
  2. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  3. American Public Transportation Association5 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  4. City of Columbia5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CITY OF COLUMBIA$44K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  5. Los Angeles County Sanitation District5 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  6. MISSOURI RIVER ENERGY SERVICES5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  7. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California5 reports
    $900K reported (all issues)
  8. NATIONAL ASSN. OF STATE TREASURERS (NAST)5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  9. PFM Financial Advisors5 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PFM FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC$68.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. SALT RIVER PROJECT5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT$50K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $10.6M reported (all issues)
  12. New York Association of Public Power3 reports
    $18K reported (all issues)
  13. AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)
  14. Northeast Public Power Association2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  15. American Municipal Power, Inc. (formerly OHIO MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION)1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  16. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.