Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 1152

Electronic Filing and Payment Fairness Act

Passed the HouseConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Darin LaHood RRepublican, introduced February 10, 2025. Policy area, as Congress files it: Taxation.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

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Cosponsors

5 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
Member	Joined
Suzan K. DelBene DDemocratOriginal cosponsor	February 10, 2025
Randy Feenstra RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor	February 10, 2025
Bradley Scott Schneider DDemocratOriginal cosponsor	February 10, 2025
Brian K. Fitzpatrick RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor	February 10, 2025
Jimmy Panetta DDemocratOriginal cosponsor	February 10, 2025

Text

Versions of the text
Version	Date	Our copy
Referred in Senate	April 1, 2025	Not checked yetThe official file
Engrossed in House	March 31, 2025	Not checked yetThe official file
Reported in House	March 27, 2025	Not checked yetThe official file
Introduced in House	February 10, 2025	Not checked yetThe official file

Actions

April 1, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
March 31, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
March 31, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1355)
March 31, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
March 31, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1152.
March 31, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1354-1356)
March 31, 2025Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
March 27, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 32.
March 27, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-45.
March 27, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-45.
February 12, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
February 12, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
February 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
February 10, 2025Introduced in House
February 10, 2025Introduced in House

Committees

Finance Committee (Senate)Referred To, April 1, 2025
Ways and Means Committee (House)Reported By, March 27, 2025; Markup By, February 12, 2025; Referred To, February 10, 2025

Hearings

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Who lobbied on this bill

Confirmed from the official record

3 lobbying reports name H.R. 1152, for 3 clients.

Lobbying reports that name H.R. 1152
Client	Registrant	Amount for the whole quarter	Lobbyists named for this issue	Filed	Report
ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC	ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INCSecond quarter of 2026	$320,000reported as expenses	PETER SHEFFIELD PETER HOLRAN DEVIN HOTZEL	July 23, 2026	Open the report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.Second quarter of 2026	$16,950,000reported as expenses	SUZANNE CLARK NEIL BRADLEY MARTIN DURBIN THOMAS WICKHAM RODNEY DAVIS TIMOTHY MONAHAN NICHOLAS CROCKER ANDREA PORWOLL ROY MCKENZIE BROOKE KAITLIN MILLER MYLA RICE DAVID SMENTEK STEPHEN MCALLISTER MONIQUE THIERRY JOHN MARCUS GONZALES KEVIN COURTOIS JOHN KIRCHNER CHRISTOPHER EYLER KATELYN HARRISON MOORE HALLMARK CLARK JACKSON BRINCE MANNING JENNINGS IMEL LILLIAN JACOBSON-KLEINFormer position, as reported: Intern, Rep. Kilmer, January 2024-March 2024; Staff, Rep. Kilmer, April 2024-June 2024 NIKKIE NGUYEN MICAH OLSON KYLA SUMMER MILLER KEELIE BROOM DAN BYERS HEATH KNAKMUHS CHAD WHITEMAN CHRISTOPHER GUITH RUTH DEMETER MATTHEW SMITH MARY STEPHENSON	July 20, 2026	Open the report
AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS	AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTSSecond quarter of 2026	$1,550,000reported as expenses	MARK G PETERSON KATHRYN KILEYFormer position, as reported: Rep Stevan Pearce; Rep Donald Manzullo; Rep JoAnn Davis; Rep Mark Kennedy RACHEL DRESENFormer position, as reported: Rep Ron DeSantis; Rep Ben Quayle; Rep Jeff Flake; Rep Chris Cannon EILEEN SHERR MELANIE LAURIDSEN KRISTIN M ESPOSITO REEMA PATEL TODD SLOVESFormer position, as reported: Rep. Anthony Weiner, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rep. Joseph Crowley, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Rep. Donald Norcross NING YIM DANIEL HAUFFE MICHEN ZOU SCOTT KLEIN ERNESTO RODRIGUEZFormer position, as reported: HHS(Chief of Staff,ASL); OPM(Sr Advisor,OD); Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard; Rep. Nanette Barragan; Sen. Martin Heinrich; Rep. Al Green; Sen. Jeff Bingaman	July 20, 2026	Open the report

A lobbying report states the registrant's income from the client (a lobbying firm) or its own lobbying expenses (an organization lobbying for itself), for the whole quarter and every issue together, as the filer printed it. A report under $5,000 states no figure. It is not the amount spent on one bill.

Reports read: 1 of 1 quarters read in full (2026-Q2). With no registered key the service allows 15 requests a minute, so this covers the latest quarter only. With a key it covers four.

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All saved lobbying reports that name H.R. 1152

Contributions from these lobbyists and firms to the sponsor and cosponsors

Contributions to this bill's sponsor and cosponsors from lobbyists and firms on its reports
To	Reported by	Paid to, as reported	Amount	Date
Brian K. Fitzpatrick RRepublicanCosponsor	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEfiled by AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS, a registrant that filed a lobbying report naming this bill (same LDA registrant number 401104268)	BRIAN FITZPATRICK FOR ALL OF USHonoree: Brian Fitzpatrick	$2,500	April 13, 2026Open the report
Brian K. Fitzpatrick RRepublicanCosponsor	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEfiled by AICPA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS, a registrant that filed a lobbying report naming this bill (same LDA registrant number 401104268)	BRIAN FITZPATRICK FOR ALL OF USHonoree: Brian Fitzpatrick	$5,000	July 14, 2025Open the report

Contribution reports are read for 1 of the 6 sponsors and cosponsors so far.

Lobbyists and registrants report their political contributions twice a year (form LD-203). A contribution is listed here when the report was filed by a lobbyist named on this bill's lobbying reports or by a registrant that filed one of them, and its payee is the member's own committee as the FEC lists it, under the exact-name rule. The contribution's date is as reported and can fall before or after the lobbying.