H.R. 833 · 119th Congress

Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 31, 2025 by Adrian Smith (R-NE-3). 91 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jan 31, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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 31, 2025
Cosponsors
91
0 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students.

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.

Adrian SmithR-NE-3Sponsor

Independents · 1

Republicans · 90

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 31, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 31, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 31, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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 31, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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

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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. INVEST IN EDUCATION COALITION INC.14 reports
    $610K reported (all issues)
  2. American Federation for Children6 reports
    $77.2K reported (all issues)
  3. National Council of Jewish Women6 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  4. Protect the 1st, Inc.6 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES3 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  6. Freedom from Religion Foundation3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  7. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights3 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  8. REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION3 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE2 reports
    $188K reported (all issues)
  10. American Federation of Teachers2 reports
    $870K reported (all issues)
  11. Blue State Action, INC.2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  12. COUNCIL OF THE GREAT CITY SCHOOLS2 reports
    Federal contractor: COUNCIL OF THE GREAT CITY SCHOOLS$29.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES2 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  14. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION1 report
    $650K reported (all issues)
  15. NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUND1 report
    $110K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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.