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H.R. 227119th CongressSocial Welfare
Clergy Act
Sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA) · 21 active : 15 Republicans, 6 Democrats
Latest action: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5298)
Where it standsBefore the House32 representatives score as swing votes
Passed both chambers, awaiting the President
- House: passedApr 27, 2026
- Senate: passedSep 30, 2026
- President: Awaiting action
Summary
, via Congress.govClergy Act
This bill establishes a two-year window for certain members of the clergy and Christian Science practitioners to revoke their exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes on ministerial earnings. Under current law, such individuals who object to participation in public insurance programs on religious or conscientious grounds may apply to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for an irrevocable exemption and will not receive Social Security or Medicare benefits in retirement unless they have qualifying credits from other employment.
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The IRS must develop a plan to inform members of the clergy and Christian Science practitioners of their eligibility to revoke prior exemptions, pursuant to the bill's changes.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Ways and Means · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Finance · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Income tax exclusion
- Religion
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
21 activeShow all 21 cosponsors
- Mike Kelly (R-PA-16)
- Mike Thompson (D-CA-4)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL-16)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11)
- Rudy Yakym (R-IN-2)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE-3)
- Ron Estes (R-KS-4)
- Mike Carey (R-OH-15)
- Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)
- Jim Costa (D-CA-21)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
- Danny K. Davis
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
