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H.R. 8137: Educational Choice for Children Act

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H.R. 8137: Educational Choice for Children Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-06-16 · Taxation · Latest: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Smith (NE) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be con sidered as the first sponsor of H.R. 8137, a bill originally introduced by Represenative Walorski, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-06-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Smith (NE) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be con sidered as the first sponsor of H.R. 8137, a bill originally introduced by Represenative Walorski, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Educational Choice for Children Act

Plain summary

Educational Choice for Children Act This bill allows individuals and corporations a new tax credit after 2022 for charitable contributions to tax-exempt organizations that provide scholarships to elementary and secondary school students. Such students must be members of a household with incomes not greater 300% of the area median gross income and be eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school. The bill excludes from the gross income of taxpayer dependents any scholarship amount for the elementary or secondary education expenses of eligible students. It also prohibits governmental control over scholarship granting organizations.

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Official text

Educational Choice for Children Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] · 54 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Burgess Owens (R-UT), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), James R. Baird (R-IN), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), David Rouzer (R-NC), Andy Barr (R-KY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Kevin Hern (R-OK), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Scott Franklin (R-FL), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Michael Guest (R-MS)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr8137 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117