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Darin LaHood (R-IL)

Freight RAILCAR Act of 2025

H.R. 1200 · House bill Taxation

A Republican bill with 22 Democratic cosponsors · See all 68 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Freight RAILCAR Act of 2025," aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. It establishes a new tax credit intended to encourage the replacement or modernization of inefficient and outdated freight railcars. The credit is set at 10 percent of a taxpayer's freight railcar fleet modernization expenses. To prevent excessive use, the credit is limited to 1,000 qualified freight railcars per taxpayer per taxable year. The program is scheduled to expire three years after the Act's enactment.

Yes· 3 of 7

  • Scored +5

    Does this cut taxes for small businesses?

    The bill provides a 10 percent tax credit for freight railcar fleet modernization expenses.

  • Scored +5

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    The bill provides a direct tax credit to businesses that modernize their freight railcar fleets.

  • Scored +3

    Is this likely to create jobs?

    By incentivizing the replacement and modernization of railcar fleets, the bill may stimulate activity in the manufacturing and rail sectors.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.