HR 1494 · 119th Congress 2025โ€“2027

Sporting Goods Excise Tax Modernization Act

Latest action · Feb 21, 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 21, 2025 to Jan 8, 2026; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXAugust PflugerOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-UTBlake D. MooreOriginalFeb 21, 2025
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-NCGregory F. MurphyOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-TXLance GoodenOriginalFeb 21, 2025
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-OHMike CareyOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-MSMike EzellOriginalFeb 21, 2025
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-VARobert J. WittmanOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-TXRoger WilliamsOriginalFeb 21, 2025
D-LATroy A. CarterOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-FLVern BuchananOriginalFeb 21, 2025
R-GAAustin ScottFeb 25, 2025
D-NCDonald G. DavisFeb 25, 2025
R-ARBruce WestermanMar 4, 2025
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickMar 10, 2025
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterMar 10, 2025
R-ILDarin LaHoodMar 14, 2025
D-KSSharice DavidsMar 24, 2025
D-MDSarah ElfrethApr 8, 2025
D-NMGabe VasquezApr 24, 2025
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeDec 1, 2025
R-WVCarol D. MillerJan 8, 2026

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 21, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 21, 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 35, February 21, 2025, page H730.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1649Sporting Goods Excise Tax Modernization ActIdentical billMay 7, 2025

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain marketplace providers as importers for purposes of the excise tax on sporting goods.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Sporting Goods Excise Tax Modernization Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House

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