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H.R. 889: Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

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H.R. 889: Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-05 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

Plain summary

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act This bill allows individual and corporate taxpayers a tax credit for cash contributions to tax-exempt scholarship-granting organizations for elementary and secondary education expenses. It imposes a cap of $5 billion on the amount of contributions that qualify for a tax credit. The bill directs the Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of the Treasury, to establish, host, and maintain a web portal that (1) lists all eligible scholarship-granting organizations; (2) enables contributions to such organizations; (3) provides information about the benefits of this bill; and (4) enables a state to submit and update information about its programs and scholarship-granting organizations, including information on student eligibility and allowable educational expenses.

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Official text

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] · 51 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), James R. Baird (R-IN), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Scott Perry (R-PA), John Joyce (R-PA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Michael Cloud (R-TX), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Russ Fulcher (R-ID)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] reported raising $735,674 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr889 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117