2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB817: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
Legislative Summary
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.
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Bill History
1/28/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
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.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/28/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Ways And Means(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Republican: 28
Primary Sponsor

Adrian Smith
Republican
Co-Sponsors (27)
Burgess Owens
Republican
Tim Walberg
Republican
Mike Kelly
Republican
Rudolph Yakym III
Republican
Darin LaHood
Republican
Julia Letlow
Republican
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Republican
Byron Donalds
Republican
Claudia Tenney
Republican
Randy Feenstra
Republican
Blake Moore
Republican
Kevin Hern
Republican
Nicole Malliotakis
Republican
Michael Lawler
Republican
Vince Fong
Republican
Mike Carey
Republican
Richard Hudson
Republican
Maria Salazar
Republican
Scott Franklin
Republican
Dan Crenshaw
Republican
Joe Wilson
Republican
John Rose
Republican
Randy Weber
Republican
Juan Ciscomani
Republican
John Moolenaar
Republican
Rick Allen
Republican
Neal Dunn
Republican