Earlier in July, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The legislation includes several important 2025 ISSA Policy Priorities that will directly benefit the cleaning and facility-solutions industries.
ISSA priorities included in the bill:
- Expanding 529 accounts for workforce training: The legislation expands qualified expenses under 529-savings plans to include post-secondary training and credentialing, such as licenses and professional certifications like those used for cleaning workers.
- Making the Small-Business Deduction permanent: Solidifying the Section 199A deduction (20 per cent) will provide tax certainty for pass-through businesses, allowing them to reinvest in their operations and workforce without the threat of future tax hikes.
- Restoring 100 per cent bonus depreciation: Renewing immediate expensing of capital investments through 100 per cent bonus depreciation will encourage cleaning companies to invest in new equipment and technology, spurring productivity, healthy spaces, and economic growth.
- Reviving expensing of R&D costs: The bill permanently restores the ability of businesses to immediately deduct domestic research and experimental expenditures, providing critical support for innovation in the cleaning sector.
How this was achieved with the help of the ISSA membership and their hard work:
- More than 250 ISSA members met with more than 175 members of Congress as part of the 2024 and 2025 Clean Advocacy Summits. Over the last two years, more than a dozen of the legislators – equal parts Republicans and Democrats – who summit attendees met with ultimately signed on to the legislation expanding eligibility for 529-savings plans following our meetings with them.
- Additionally, ISSA advocates sent nearly 150 messages to their members of Congress urging them to support ISSA’s legislative priorities, including transforming 529 college-savings plans into career-savings plans.
- ISSA was an early leading member of the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition, a broad group of organizations that advocated for beneficial workforce-development policies to strengthen the economy.
ISSA staff and contract lobbyist DCLRS worked hard to ensure that our priorities were included in the legislation. Learn more
