SLUSH FUND Act of 2026
Latest action · May 19, 2026 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.
- IntroducedMay 19, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 48
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2026 to Aug 13, 2026; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | May 19, 2026 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 22, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 22, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | May 22, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | May 22, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | May 26, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | May 26, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | May 26, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | May 26, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Jul 16, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Aug 13, 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 May 19, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2026Introduced in House
- May 19, 2026Referred 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. 172, no. 85, May 19, 2026, page H3628.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4616 | SLUSH FUND Act of 2026 | Identical bill | May 21, 2026 |
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 impose a tax on specified settlement fund payments, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SLUSH FUND Act of 2026
- Stop Letting United States Heads Funnel Unauthorized Nontransparent Dollars Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2026Introduced 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.
