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HR 323 106th Congress House

Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1999

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance and to restore the exclusion for graduate level educational assistance.

Introduced: February 10, 1999 See on congress.gov
Taxation College costsEducationEmployee benefit plansFringe benefits
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Graduate educationHigher educationIncome taxLabor and EmploymentPersonal income taxStudent aidTax exclusion
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jan 19, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 19, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 19, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1999 - 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.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Democratic 12 Independent 1
D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Aug 2, 1999
CRANE, PHILIP
· May 17, 1999
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 12, 1999
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 16, 1999
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Mar 16, 1999
Burr, Richard
· Mar 11, 1999
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 2, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 25, 1999
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 25, 1999
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 24, 1999
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 24, 1999
MCINNIS, SCOTT
· Feb 24, 1999
SANDLIN, MAX
· Feb 24, 1999
QUINN, JACK
· Feb 10, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 10, 1999
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Feb 3, 1999
DOOLEY, CAL
· Feb 3, 1999
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 3, 1999
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· Feb 3, 1999
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 3, 1999
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 3, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 19, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 323: Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-323/
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"H.R. 323: Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-323/.
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H.R. 323, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-323/.
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