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HR 1056 108th Congress House

Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2003

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs.

Introduced: March 4, 2003 See on congress.gov
Taxation Economics and Public FinanceEducationFederal aid to educationFederal employees
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Government Operations and PoliticsHigher educationIncome taxLabor and EmploymentOld age, survivors and disability insuranceRecruiting of employeesScholarshipsSocial WelfareStudent loan fundsTax exclusionWages
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It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) 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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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 4, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 4, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to exclude: (1) from the gross income of a Federal employee amounts the Federal Government repays on the employee's student loans; and (2) such payments from counting as wages for the calculation of Social Security taxes.
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Independent 1
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 4, 2003
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 4, 2003
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 4, 2003
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 4, 2003
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 4, 2003
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 4, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1056: Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1056/
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"H.R. 1056: Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1056/.
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H.R. 1056, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1056/.
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