United States · Bill · S
S. 639 (119th)
Clergy Act
Introduced
19 February 2025
Last action
19 February 2025 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
13 June 2026
Summary
Clergy 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 for an irrevocable exemption and will not receive Social Security or Medicare benefits in retirement unless they have qualifying credits from other employment. The Internal Revenue Service 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.
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Timeline
19 February 2025
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
19 February 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
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Sponsors
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/639
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/639
- us · 119-s-639 · source updated 13 June 2026