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HR 2551 115th Congress House

Student Loan Debt Relief Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance and to expand the availability of the student loan interest deduction.

Introduced: May 19, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsHigher educationIncome tax deductionsIncome tax exclusion
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Interest, dividends, interest ratesStudent aid and college costs
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This bill died when the 115th Congress ended
It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 19, 2017
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 Latest action May 19, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Loan Debt Relief Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of student loan payments, to: (1) expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs to include an employer's payment of any qualified education loan incurred by an employee; (2) increase the maximum amount that may be excluded from the gross income of an employee under employer-provided educational assistance programs; and (3) increase the maximum deduction and the income limitation for the deduction for interest on education loans.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 795 Related bill Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 19, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2551: Student Loan Debt Relief Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2551/
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"H.R. 2551: Student Loan Debt Relief Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2551/.
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H.R. 2551, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2551/.
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