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H.R. 838: Freight RAILCAR Act of 2023

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H.R. 838: Freight RAILCAR Act of 2023

118th Congress · introduced 2023-02-06 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-02-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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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Official title

Freight RAILCAR Act of 2023

Plain summary

Freight Rail Assistance and Investment to Launch Coronavirus-Era Activity and Recovery Act of 2023 or the Freight RAILCAR Act of 2023 This bill provides a new tax credit through 2025 for 10% of freight railcar fleet modernization expenses (i.e., railcar replacement and modernization expenses for meeting fuel efficiency and performance standards). The bill provides that no more than 2,000 freight railcars per taxpayer may be taken into account for purposes of determining the credit in a taxable year. The Department of the Treasury must report to Congress on the credit to provide information on the number of times the credit was claimed and the number of railcars scrapped or built as a result of the credit.

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Official text

Freight RAILCAR Act of 2023

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] · 68 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Don Bacon (R-NE), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Roger Williams (R-TX), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Tracey Mann (R-KS), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Troy E. Nehls (R-TX), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), August Pfluger (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Mike Carey (R-OH), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Angie Craig (D-MN), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Val T. Hoyle (D-OR), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and 8 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] reported raising $4.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr838 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118