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HR 3861 114th Congress House Taxation Employee benefits and pensions Income tax exclusion Interest, dividends, interest rates Student aid and college costs

Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act

Introduced: October 29, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Oct 29, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 29, 2015
Introduced in House
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Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include payments of qualified education loans paid to either an employee or a lender.

What's happening now October 29, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2457 Related bill Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2016
  • HR 5415 Related bill HELPS Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 8 Republican 4
D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 7, 2016
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Nov 15, 2016
Young, David
· Jun 8, 2016
Brat, Dave
· May 13, 2016
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · May 10, 2016
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Apr 20, 2016
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Feb 26, 2016
Donovan, Daniel
· Feb 26, 2016
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Feb 26, 2016
 R
Womack, Steve
Arkansas · Feb 26, 2016
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 3, 2016
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Dec 15, 2015
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Dec 8, 2015
MacArthur, Thomas
· Nov 30, 2015
Blum, Rod
· Oct 29, 2015
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Oct 29, 2015
McSally, Martha
· Oct 29, 2015
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Oct 29, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3861: Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3861/
MLA
"H.R. 3861: Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3861/.
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H.R. 3861, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3861/.
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