Freight RAILCAR Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 68
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2025 to Apr 16, 2026; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-CA | Vince Fong | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Tony Wied | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Morgan Luttrell | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | May 1, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | May 5, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | May 19, 2025 | |
| R-OH | David J. Taylor | May 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| R-AK | Nicholas J. Begich III | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Apr 16, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 28, February 11, 2025, page H645.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2758 | Freight RAILCAR Act of 2025 | Related bill | Sep 10, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to encourage the replacement or modernization of inefficient, outdated freight railcars, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Freight RAILCAR Act of 2025
- Freight Rail Assets Investment to Launch Commercial Activity Revitalization Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
