HJRES 142 United States House · 119th Congress

Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.

Summary
This joint resolution reinstates provisions of District of Columbia (DC) tax law to conform with federal tax law. As background, DC generally automatically adopts changes to federal tax law (known as rolling conformity). Therefore, upon enactment of the 2025 reconciliation act (commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act), many of its tax provisions became DC law. DC subsequently enacted its own legislation (the DC Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025) that decoupled DC tax law from these federal provisions. This joint resolution nullifies the DC legislation, thereby generally realigning DC tax law with the tax provisions of the 2025 reconciliation act. Specifically, the joint resolution reinstates for DC provisions that •    increase the higher basic standard deduction; •    increase deductible charitable cash contributions (for taxpayers who take the standard deduction); •    establish a $6,000 tax deduction for taxpayers 65 years and older; •    allow a tax deduction of qualified tips, qualified overtime pay, and qualified car loan interest; •    authorize an elective 100% depreciation allowance for nonresidential real property; and •    authorize businesses to deduct 100% of research and experimental costs retroactive to tax year 2022. The DC legislation also amended several other provisions of DC tax law, including restoring the DC child tax credit. The joint resolution negates these changes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Feb 2026
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Signed Feb 18, 2026
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Engrossed in House Enrolled Bill · 4 edits
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This diff reflects the transition of HJRES 142 from the House engrossed stage to the enrolled bill stage, indicating the joint resolution passed both chambers. The substantive content - disapproving D.C. Act 26-217 (the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025) - is unchanged. All modifications are formatting and procedural in nature.
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The bill header changed from 'EH' (Engrossed in House) to 'ENR' (Enrolled Bill), indicating it passed both the House and Senate and is now ready for presidential action.

The resolution language was updated from a House-only format ('IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / JOINT RESOLUTION') to the standard enrolled joint resolution format: 'Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.'

Signature lines for the Speaker of the House and the Vice President (as President of the Senate) were added, consistent with an enrolled bill ready for transmission to the President.

GPO metadata, converter information, and public domain notices were restructured into a different format typical of final enrolled bill publications.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2026 · House Feb 4, 2026

How they voted

4947
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 100
Feb 12, 2026
D Democratic45
45 Nay
100% Nay
I Independent2
2 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican53
49 Yea 4
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Feb 18, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 47. Record Vote Number: 37.
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 47. Record Vote Number: 37.
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 210 (Roll no. 56). (text: CR H2002)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 210 (Roll no. 56). (text: CR H2002)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Introduced
Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 142 and H.R. 4090. The resolution provides for consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 7148. Also, the resolution provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 142 and H.R. 4090 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 4090.
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1032 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 142 and H.R. 4090. The resolution provides for consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 7148. Also, the resolution provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 142 and H.R. 4090 under a closed rule and provides for one motion to recommit H.R. 4090.
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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