HR 817 — 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.
Congress 119
Latest action: — 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.
Sponsors
- Owens, Burgess (R, UT-4) — cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R, NY-17) — cosponsor
- Hern, Kevin (R, OK-1) — cosponsor
- Feenstra, Randy (R, IA-4) — cosponsor
- Donalds, Byron (R, FL-19) — cosponsor
- Yakym, Rudy (R, IN-2) — cosponsor
- Moolenaar, John R. (R, MI-2) — cosponsor
- Fong, Vince (R, CA-20) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — 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.
- · H11100 — 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.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-01-28 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Owens, Burgess | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Lawler, Michael | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Donalds, Byron | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hern, Kevin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Feenstra, Randy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Yakym, Rudy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Fong, Vince | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Moolenaar, John R. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Education and Workforce Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Ways and Means Committee | — | congress-committee |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feenstra, Randy (R, house IA-4) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 2 | Lawler, Michael (R, house NY-17) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Donalds, Byron (R, house FL-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Fong, Vince (R, house CA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Hern, Kevin (R, house OK-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Moolenaar, John R. (R, house MI-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Owens, Burgess (R, house UT-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Yakym, Rudy (R, house IN-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retired | 0 | $0 | 507 | $34,925 | $34,925 |
| 2 | castle harlan, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 3 | s-3 group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,700 | $3,700 |
| 4 | berenson partners, llc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,643 | $3,643 |
| 5 | thirdpoint llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | ohio machinery co. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | heritage construction + materials | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 8 | northwell health | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 9 | none | 0 | $0 | 11 | $2,410 | $2,410 |
| 10 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 5 | $2,281 | $2,281 |
| 11 | cordary inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 12 | aurora | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 13 | regency centers | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 14 | brownstein, hyatt, forder, schreck | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 15 | canada life reinsurance company | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 16 | canada life re : for the acli ceo even | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 17 | forbes tate partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | hellman management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | suburban hospital alliance of nys | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | cammebys | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | hines corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | self | 0 | $0 | 20 | $926 | $926 |
| 24 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 4 | $590 | $590 |
| 25 | farragut partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
8 predicted yes (1%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 269 unknown (50%)
By party: · R: 8 yes / 0 no / 269 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
8 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Donalds, Byron (R · house · FL-19) · cosponsor
- Feenstra, Randy (R · house · IA-4) · cosponsor
- Fong, Vince (R · house · CA-20) · cosponsor
- Hern, Kevin (R · house · OK-1) · cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R · house · NY-17) · cosponsor
- Moolenaar, John R. (R · house · MI-2) · cosponsor
- Owens, Burgess (R · house · UT-4) · cosponsor
- Yakym, Rudy (R · house · IN-2) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Feenstra, Randy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Fong, Vince (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Owens, Burgess (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lawler, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Yakym, Rudy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Moolenaar, John R. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hern, Kevin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Donalds, Byron (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Education and Workforce Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Ways and Means Committee · congress-committee