HR 2551
115th Congress
House
Taxation
Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Student Loan Debt Relief Act
Introduced: May 19, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 19, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1