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H.R. 23: Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act

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H.R. 23: Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-01-09 · Taxation · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-01-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 24 (2023): On Motion to Recommit, HR23 (2023-01-09), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1. 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.

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Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act

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Official text

Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr23.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] · 82 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 23, the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act (2023-01-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Don Bacon (R-NE), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Russell Fry (R-SC), John W. Rose (R-TN), John James (R-MI), Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jason Smith (R-MO), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), David Kustoff (R-TN), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ben Cline (R-VA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Michael Guest (R-MS), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Daniel Meuser (R-PA) and 22 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong118-hr23 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118