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Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017

Introduced: January 3, 2017 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Jan 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Jan 3, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jan 3, 2017

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Education to provide assistance to the immediate families of teachers or other elementary and secondary school employees who are killed by another person's violent act while performing school duties. Such assistance includes funeral assistance, a death benefit, living assistance, and undergraduate education assistance for dependents.

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income tax: (1) the victim's compensation from school employment in the year of death, and (2) the victim's family assistance.

The bill also establishes the Teacher Victims' Family Trust Fund funded with an excise tax increase on ammunition.

What's happening now January 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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