H.R. 9750 explained  ·  119th Congress  ·  Pending in Congress

Public Service Retirement Tax Relief Act of 2026

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Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14

Introduced: 2026-07-16

Latest action (2026-07-16): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

What H.R. 9750 does, in plain terms

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Retiree Tax Relief and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2025

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To reduce the federal income tax burden on retirees by capping the tax rate applied to pension income from specified sources, thereby protecting a portion of retirement income from high marginal rates.

Bipartisan rationale: Democratic priorities: Protects middle-class retirees from high tax rates, targets relief to those with modest incomes, and includes a revenue offset to avoid increasing the deficit. Republican priorities: Provides tax relief for retirees, includes a sunset to force future review, and respects federalism by not imposing mandates on states. The phase-out ensures that the benefit is not permanent for high-income individuals, which appeals to fiscal conservatives.

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→ Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Congress's power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises) → Sixteenth Amendment (Congress's power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the states) → Tenth Amendment (reserved powers to states not infringed, as the Act does not regulate state or local pension systems directly)

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