H.R. 591 · 119th Congress

Defending American Jobs and Investment Act

Introduced on Jan 21, 2025 by Jason Smith (R-MO-8). 25 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jan 21, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 21, 2025
Cosponsors
25
0 from the other party
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Progress

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  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 provide an enforcement of remedies against the extraterritorial taxes and discriminatory taxes of foreign countries.

Subjects

  • Capital gains tax
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional-executive branch relations
  • Employment taxes
  • Foreign and international corporations
  • Income tax rates
  • International law and treaties
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Taxation of foreign income
  • Trade agreements and negotiations
  • U.S. and foreign investments

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Jason SmithR-MO-8Sponsor

Republicans · 25

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 21, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 21, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 21, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jan 21, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP6 reports
    $9.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP$500 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION6 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP$20M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. Case New Holland Industrial Inc.6 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  4. GLOBAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE6 reports
  5. TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (TMA)5 reports
    $8.3M reported (all issues)
  6. ASML US, LLC4 reports
    Federal contractor: ASML US LLC$513.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. NOVO NORDISK INC.4 reports
  8. UCB, INC.4 reports
  9. DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  10. INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE3 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  11. RBC Capital Markets, LLC3 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)
  12. SYENSQO USA LLC3 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  13. CSL BEHRING2 reports
    Federal contractor: CSL BEHRING L.L.C.$663K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  14. Solvay America LLC, a member of the Syensqo Group2 reports
    $440K reported (all issues)
  15. UNILEVER UNITED STATES, INC.2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL1 report
    $4.2M reported (all issues)
  17. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.1 report
    $840K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CISCO SYSTEMS INC$1.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC.1 report
    $290K reported (all issues)
  19. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.1 report
    Federal contractor: SMITH & NEPHEW INCAI match · 100%
  20. Syensqo USA LLC f/k/a Solvay America LLC, a member of the Syensqo Group1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)
  21. The Business Roundtable, Inc.1 report
    $6.9M reported (all issues)

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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.