Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1383 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1383

Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working
                           Families Tax Cuts.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2026

Ms. Van Duyne submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION

Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working
                           Families Tax Cuts.

Whereas July 4, 2026, marks the one-year anniversary of the enactment of Public
        Law 119-21, commonly known as the Working Families Tax Cuts, the largest
        permanent tax reform in a generation that cut taxes for hundreds of
        millions of Americans, delivers America's small businesses and
        innovators the tax certainty they need to expand, provides more options
        for how Americans can use their health care dollars, invests billions
        into rural health care, unleashes the power of America's energy, and
        protects communities through stronger border security;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts prevented the largest tax hike in American
        history of over $4,000,000,000,000 and provided a tax cut for over
        140,000,000 Americans or 97 percent of tax filers;
Whereas 96 percent of Americans receiving a tax cut earned under $200,000 in
        2025;
Whereas thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts, Americans received over
        $324,000,000,000 of their money back in tax refunds for the 2025 tax
        year, putting money directly back into Americans' wallets;
Whereas an American family of four generally will not have any Federal income
        tax liability on the first $73,000 they earn thanks to the Working
        Families Tax Cuts;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts enacted ``no tax on tips'', which provided
        over 7,500,000 tipped workers an average deduction of over $7,000;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts enacted ``no tax on overtime'', which
        provided 29,000,000 hard-working Americans an average deduction of over
        $3,100;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts made purchasing an American-made vehicle
        more affordable by providing over 1,000,000 families with a new
        deduction up to $10,000 in interest on auto loans;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts provided 35,000,000 American seniors with
        an average deduction of $7,500 for their decades of working hard and
        strengthening their communities;
Whereas, to date, over 62,000,000 Americans who filed this tax season have
        claimed at least one of these four common-sense tax cuts for workers,
        seniors, and families;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts permanently simplified tax filing by
        increasing the standard deduction for the 127,000,000 Americans who
        claimed it in 2025;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts provided the 40,000,000 families who
        claimed the child tax credit in 2025 with an increased maximum credit of
        $2,200 per child and ensured that the credit will never lose value due
        to inflation for the tens of millions of American families who will
        claim it in the future;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts helped nearly 6,000,000 American families
        start saving from day one with tax-advantaged childhood investment
        accounts for their children;
Whereas over 1,400,000 children received pilot program contributions of $1,000
        in their childhood investment accounts with millions more children
        expected to receive contributions in the years to come;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts ensures that the cost of giving a child a
        permanent, loving home is not the barrier by providing parents with an
        expanded adoption tax credit of up to $17,280;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts empowers educational freedom by expanding
        529 accounts to better fit America's needs, whether it is books for
        kindergarteners, tutoring for math classes, or technical programs for
        Americans learning a trade and working with their hands, so that 529
        accounts work for all levels and paths;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts permanently doubled the Death Tax
        exemption protecting family farms and small businesses from costly
        estate planning and ensuring they do not have to worry about bills from
        the Internal Revenue Service while mourning the loss of a loved one;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts boosts productivity by permanently
        allowing entrepreneurs to write off new investments in the machinery,
        equipment, and tools that keep America running;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts encourages the building, upgrading, and
        reshoring of American manufacturing with full expensing for new
        production facilities right here at home;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts permanently extended the small business
        deduction providing certainty for the over 34,000,000 small businesses
        in the United States and generating $750,000,000,000 in small business
        economic growth and creating over one million Main Street jobs;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts will encourage research and development,
        unleashing the full potential of our best and brightest by allowing them
        to write off their research and development investments, accelerating
        over $70,000,000,000 of American investment in the coming years;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts has permanently kept vital care within
        reach for all Americans by allowing patients enrolled in high-deductible
        health plans to access telehealth services before they meet their
        deductible;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts protects over 9,000,000 Americans on
        Bronze and Catastrophic health plans from medical debt and gives them
        the freedom to save and spend their own money tax-free on the care that
        works best for them by expanding health savings account eligibility;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts empower families to choose innovative,
        low-cost direct primary care that prioritizes prevention, access, and
        time with their doctor, keeping families healthier at lower costs;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts included a historic investment in rural
        health care through the Rural Health Transformation Program, delivering
        $50,000,000,000 to efficiently transform access to rural health care;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts accelerated the development of new life-
        saving cures by incentivizing critical follow-on investments in rare
        disease drug development;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts ensured predictability for American energy
        producers by mandating regular lease sales for onshore and offshore oil
        and gas production, as well as reopening Alaska to energy development;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts banned implementation of a natural gas tax
        for 10 years, lowering costs for consumers;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts invested in cutting edge border security
        technology to help Customs and Border Protection reduce the amount of
        illicit fentanyl entering our country and keep Americans safe from this
        threat;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts included critical funding to recruit and
        retain thousands of new Border Patrol Agents and Customs and Border
        Protection Officers;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts funded the construction and completion of
        the primary and secondary border barrier system which will permanently
        secure our Southwest border;
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts provided security and emergency
        preparedness grants ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the 2028 Olympics,
        and other major events to ensure Amiercans and travelers from abroad can
        safely enjoy these world class events; and
Whereas the Working Families Tax Cuts made historic investments in America's
        national security providing critical resources to modernize our
        military, revitalize the defense industrial base, improve
        servicemembers' quality of life, and advance President Trump's peace
        through strength agenda: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) commemorates the one-year anniversary of the enactment
        of the Working Families Tax Cuts;
            (2) expresses its support for tax policies that benefit
        American families, farmers, seniors, small businesses, and
        workers and let them keep more of their hard-earned money; and
            (3) recognizes the significant and historic tax relief that
        the Working Families Tax Cuts have delivered, and continue to
        deliver, to hardworking Americans across the country.
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