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HR 127 105th Congress House Taxation College costs Education Employee benefit plans Fringe benefits Graduate education Higher education Income tax Labor and Employment Personal income tax Student aid Tax exclusion

Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1997

Introduced: January 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Jan 7, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 7, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permanently extend the exclusion from gross income of employer-provided educational assistance; and (2) restore the exclusion for such assistance on the graduate level.

What's happening now January 7, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 11 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Mar 19, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 12, 1997
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 4, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 8, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 8, 1997
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 27, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 4, 1997
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 4, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 4, 1997
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 21, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 21, 1997
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jan 9, 1997
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 7, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 7, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 127: Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-127/
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"H.R. 127: Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-127/.
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H.R. 127, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-127/.
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