Congressman Fong Votes to Pass H.R. 1 "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" in U.S. House Of Representatives

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) voted to pass H.R. 1 in the U.S. House of Representatives, achieving results for the American people by reducing out-of-control government spending, securing our borders, and reigniting economic growth through much-needed tax relief. 

The legislation's final net deficit reduction number lands above $1.5 trillion, marking the largest deficit reduction in nearly 30 years, with $111.8 billion in net deficit reduction in the first year after enactment.

“After four years of skyrocketing prices and crippling national debt under the Biden Administration, Americans gave Washington a mandate to take our country in a new direction. That is exactly what this bill does,” said Congressman Fong. “It provides tax relief to working-class Americans and small businesses, supports our farmers and ranchers, restores safety in our communities, rewards those who manufacture more products here at home, and sustains our nation’s most vital safety net programs.”

“With the passage of this bill here in the House, we are one step closer to rebuilding the American Dream for hardworking families in the Central Valley and across the country. I look forward to working alongside my colleagues in the Senate to finalize this vital piece of legislation and get it to the President’s desk to be signed into law.”

Please see below for highlights on how different provisions of this legislation support California’s 20th District:

• Prevents the largest tax increase in American history by making the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, protecting the average Central Valley taxpayer from an 18% tax hike or the equivalent of a $3,108 average annual tax increase per family.
• Makes permanent and increases the doubled Death Tax exemption, helping ensure family farms, ranches, and other small businesses can be passed down to the next generation.
• Expands and makes permanent the 199A small business deduction to 23%, not only protecting nearly 42,000 local small businesses from being hit with a 43.4% tax rate but also creating over a million new Main Street jobs and generating $750 billion in economic growth at American small businesses across the country.
• Invests $60 billion in support for our farmers and ranchers.
  • Doubles funding for trade promotion programs to $400 million annually for the Market Access Program and $69 million annually for the Foreign Market Development program through 2031.
  • MAP creates fairer trade agreements for American agriculture that is forced to contend for market access with heavily subsidized products from foreign sources. For every one dollar invested into MAP, estimates project that this will create over $20 in export revenue for American farmers.
  • Provides long-term funding for programs including the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program, which is extremely important for controlling outbreaks like Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, which is the outbreak that Central Valley dairy and poultry producers are currently battling.
• Makes a generational $144 billion investment in America’s defense, including:
  • $9 billion to improve servicemember quality of life
  • $21 billion to restock America's arsenal of munitions and ramp up domestic production of rare earth and critical minerals
  • $7 billion to accelerate delivery of next-generation aircraft and autonomous systems
• Restores integrity to Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential safety net programs by rooting out waste and strengthening them for those they are intended to serve - our nation’s most vulnerable.

Additional highlights include:

• Providing over $140 billion – the largest border security investment in history – to safeguard our borders and keep Americans safe.
• Investing $12.5 billion as a down payment on efforts to overhaul and modernize failing air traffic control systems and to ensure robust air traffic controller staffing and training.
• Implementing a $250 registration fee on electric vehicles and a $100 fee on hybrids to bring parity with gas powered vehicles. These fees will be deposited into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), keeping our roads and bridges safe, helping maintain its solvency, and reducing the need for future bailouts.
• Expanding 529 education savings accounts to empower American families and students to choose the education that best fits their needs, whether it is K-12 materials or obtaining a postsecondary trades credential.
• Renewing 100% immediate expensing, incentive for research & development in the U.S., and deduction for interest expenses, and supporting the expansion of new production factories and growing manufacturing operations in America by allowing 100% expensing for new factories, improvements to existing factories, and other production facilities.
• Delivering on President Trump’s priorities of no tax on tips, overtime pay, and car loan interest, and providing $4,000 of additional tax relief for seniors.