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- H.R.1659
H.R.1659: Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act
About This Bill
- Introduced March 21, 2017
- Latest Major Action March 21, 2017
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
16 (10 Democrats, 6 Republicans)
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - March 21, 2017
Bill Summary
Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual the discharge of student loans or private education loans due to the death or disability of the student. The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to discharge the liability on loans that parents received on behalf of a student who: (1) has become permanently...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| March 21, 2017 |
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
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| March 21, 2017 |
Referred to House Ways and Means
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| March 21, 2017 |
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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| March 21, 2017 |
Introduced in the House by Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) |