H.R. 138 · 119th Congress

Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 3, 2025 by Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16). 32 cosponsors, 13 of them from another party. Latest action (Jan 3, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Cosponsors
32
13 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 allow expenses for parents to be taken into account as medical expenses, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Bank accounts, deposits, capital
  • Family relationships
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Income tax deductions
  • Income tax exclusion

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Vern BuchananR-FL-16Sponsor

Democrats · 13

Republicans · 19

Roll calls

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

History

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  1. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Committees

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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. AARP7 reports
    $28.8M reported (all issues)
  2. Employers Council on Flexible Compensation6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  3. Home Care Association of America6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  4. ARGENTUM4 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  5. Alliance for Aging Research2 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  6. Alzheimer's Association2 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  7. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn2 reports
    $920K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  8. HEALTHEQUITY, INC.2 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HEALTHEQUITY, INC.$26.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  9. PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION2 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  10. THE ALS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  11. The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Research2 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)
  12. WEX Health2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  13. Disability Rights Education & Defense, Inc.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  14. NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM1 report
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM$27.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • 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.