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S 605 109th Congress Senate Taxation Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Federal aid to education Government trust funds Income tax Tax deductions Tax exemption

Education Funding Act of 2005

Introduced: March 11, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Mar 11, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 11, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Education Funding Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore the phaseout of the personal tax exemption and the overall limitation on itemized tax deductions.

Establishes in the Treasury the Education Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Fund 50 percent of the revenues raised by this Act for the purpose of funding education programs administered by the Department of Education to the degree that funding for such programs are increased from the FY 2005 level.

What's happening now March 11, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 11, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 605: Education Funding Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-605/
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"S. 605: Education Funding Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-605/.
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