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S 3857 111th Congress Senate Social Welfare Higher education Income tax exclusion National and community service Student aid and college costs

Tax Relief for National Service Act

Introduced: September 28, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Sep 28, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 28, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tax Relief for National Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to exclude national service educational awards from their recipients' gross income for federal income tax purposes.

What's happening now September 28, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3857: Tax Relief for National Service Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3857/
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"S. 3857: Tax Relief for National Service Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3857/.
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