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HR 3842 104th Congress House Taxation College costs Education Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Income tax Labor and Employment Savings accounts Tax exclusion Tax-exempt organizations Vocational and technical education

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from income taxation for qualified State tuition programs.

Introduced: July 17, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Jul 17, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 17, 1996
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from taxation a qualified State tuition program. Defines such a program.

What's happening now July 17, 1996

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 17, 1996
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 17, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3842: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from income taxation for qualified State tuition programs.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3842/
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"H.R. 3842: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from income taxation for qualified State tuition programs.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3842/.
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H.R. 3842, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3842/.
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