Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 2036

Credit for Caring Act of 2025

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Mike Carey RRepublican, introduced . 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

91 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Linda T. Sánchez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Brian K. Fitzpatrick RRepublican
Seth Magaziner DDemocrat
Monica De La Cruz RRepublican
Eleanor Holmes Norton DDemocrat
Jennifer A. Kiggans RRepublican
Deborah K. Ross DDemocrat
Jefferson Van Drew RRepublican
Jimmy Panetta DDemocrat
Michael Lawler RRepublican
Kelly Morrison DDemocrat
Nicole Malliotakis RRepublican
Ritchie Torres DDemocrat
Tracey Mann RRepublican
Maxwell Frost DDemocrat
Mike Kelly RRepublican
Nikki Budzinski DDemocrat
Tom Cole RRepublican
Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] DDemocrat
Claudia Tenney RRepublican
Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] DDemocrat
David G. Valadao RRepublican
Joe Neguse DDemocrat
Rick W. Allen RRepublican
Steven Horsford DDemocrat
Andrew R. Garbarino RRepublican
Thomas R. Suozzi DDemocrat
Zachary Nunn RRepublican
Josh Harder DDemocrat
Robin L. Kelly DDemocrat
Carol D. Miller RRepublican
Michael Baumgartner RRepublican
Janelle S. Bynum DDemocrat
Max L. Miller RRepublican
Eugene Simon Vindman DDemocrat
Sam Graves RRepublican
Terri A. Sewell DDemocrat
Riley M. Moore RRepublican
Brendan F. Boyle DDemocrat
Joe Wilson RRepublican
Suzan K. DelBene DDemocrat
Don Bacon RRepublican
Joyce Beatty DDemocrat
Seth Moulton DDemocrat
Derek Schmidt RRepublican
Mark E. Amodei RRepublican
Debbie Wasserman Schultz DDemocrat
Kathy Castor DDemocrat
John H. Rutherford RRepublican
Ann Wagner RRepublican
Jason Crow DDemocrat
Jack Bergman RRepublican
Brittany Pettersen DDemocrat
Madeleine Dean DDemocrat
Jefferson Shreve RRepublican
Mike Flood RRepublican
Debbie Dingell DDemocrat
Michael A. Rulli RRepublican
Sharice Davids DDemocrat
Pete Stauber RRepublican
Lori Trahan DDemocrat
Steve Cohen DDemocrat
Tim Burchett RRepublican
Andy Barr RRepublican
Frank J. Mrvan DDemocrat
Lance Gooden RRepublican
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. DDemocrat
Brian Jack RRepublican
Gabe Amo DDemocrat
Salud O. Carbajal DDemocrat
Dan Newhouse RRepublican
Thomas H. Kean, Jr. RRepublican
Sean Casten DDemocrat
Laura Gillen DDemocrat
Maria Elvira Salazar RRepublican
J. Luis Correa DDemocrat
Gus M. Bilirakis RRepublican
Norma J. Torres DDemocrat
Kat Cammack RRepublican
Robert Menendez DDemocrat
Nicholas A. Langworthy RRepublican
Mark Pocan DDemocrat
Austin Scott RRepublican
Chrissy Houlahan DDemocrat
Michael Guest RRepublican
Ashley Hinson RRepublican
Greg Landsman DDemocrat
Juan Ciscomani RRepublican
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. DDemocrat
Brad Finstad RRepublican
Kevin Mullin DDemocrat

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Introduced in HouseRead our copyThe official file

Actions

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  2. Introduced in House
  3. Introduced in House

Committees

  • Ways and Means Committee (House)Referred To, March 11, 2025

Hearings

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Who lobbied on this bill

Confirmed from the official record

6 lobbying reports name H.R. 2036, for 6 clients.

Lobbying reports that name H.R. 2036
ClientRegistrantAmount for the whole quarterLobbyists named for this issueFiledReport
AARP, INC.MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.Second quarter of 2026$50,000reported as income
  • BRUCE MEHLMAN
  • DEAN ROSEN
  • DAVID R THOMAS
  • ELISE FINLEY PICKERING
  • SAGE EASTMAN
  • LAUREN ARONSON
  • MICHAEL ROBINSON
  • HELEN TOLAR
  • NICHOLE DISTEFANO
  • PAUL THORNELL
  • STEPHEN M. COTE
  • ALEXANDER PERKINS
  • ROSEMARY GUTIERREZ
  • ZACHARY MALLOVE
  • CAITLIN VAN SANT
  • LISA GOLDMAN
  • ALYENE MLINAR
  • ERICA JAY CHABOT
  • ANNIE WOLF
  • NAVEEN PARMAR
  • JON ADAME
  • JOSEPH EDWARD BROWN iii
  • EARL SCOTT FLOODFormer position, as reported: Dep. CoS, LD (Rep. Robin Kelly); Health Pol Adv, Csl (Rep. Terri Sewell); Csl (Rep. Cedric Richmond); Pol Aide (Sen. Claire McCaskill)
Open the report
THE MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHTHE MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHSecond quarter of 2026$150,000reported as expenses
  • DREW CHARLES HATTER
Open the report
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNSecond quarter of 2026$340,000reported as expenses
  • KATHERINE MCGUIRE
Open the report
ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATIONIPOLICY SOLUTIONSSecond quarter of 2026$45,000reported as income
  • JENNIFER RACHEL LEIBFormer position, as reported: Fellow, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • MEGAN ANDERSON BROOKS
  • LINDSEY TRISCHLER
  • MARY LEE WATTS
Open the report
I AM ALSI AM ALSSecond quarter of 2026$30,000reported as expenses
  • DUSTIN WATSON
Open the report
AMAC ACTION, INC.SCHOENING STRATEGIESSecond quarter of 2026$40,000reported as income
  • JOSEPHINE GALLAGHER
  • PALMER SCHOENING
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, rounded to the nearest $10,000. A report under $5,000 states no figure. It is not the amount spent on one bill.

Reports read: 0 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.

Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.

All saved lobbying reports that name H.R. 2036

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
ToReported byPaid to, as reportedAmountDate
Eugene Simon Vindman DDemocratCosponsorSELFfiled by CAITLIN VAN SANT, a lobbyist named on this bill's lobbying reports (same LDA lobbyist number 141084)VINDMAN FOR CONGRESSHonoree: Eugene Vindman$500Open the report
Brian K. Fitzpatrick RRepublicanCosponsorSELFfiled by SAGE EASTMAN, a lobbyist named on this bill's lobbying reports (same LDA lobbyist number 61179)BRIAN FITZPATRICK FOR ALL OF USHonoree: Representative Brian Fitzpatrick$1,000Open the report

Contribution reports are read for 4 of the 92 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.

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