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S 2827 113th Congress Senate

Make Student Grants Truly Tax-Free Act

Official title: A bill to amend section 117 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude Federal student aid from taxable gross income.

Introduced: September 16, 2014 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Taxation AfghanistanAsiaConflicts and warsHigher education
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Income tax exclusionIraqMiddle EastMilitary operations and strategyMilitary personnel and dependentsStudent aid and college costsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 16, 2014
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 Latest action September 16, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Make Student Grants Truly Tax-Free Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for scholarships to include amounts received: (1) through a scholarship or fellowship grant program administered by the Secretary of Education that is based on financial need, including a Federal Pell Grant, and (2) as an Iraq and Afghanistan Service grant under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Sep 18, 2014
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Sep 16, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2827: Make Student Grants Truly Tax-Free Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2827/
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