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H.R. 3136 115th Congress House

Graduate Student Savings Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit fellowship and stipend compensation to be saved in an individual retirement account.

Introduced: October 25, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsHigher educationIncome tax deductionsStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Became law
Jun 29, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 29, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 29, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Graduate Student Savings Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow funds paid to an individual to aid in the pursuit of graduate or postdoctoral study or research to be saved in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill permits the funds to be considered compensation for purposes of current law provisions that limit annual deductible IRA contributions to the lesser of: (1) the deductible amount permitted under current law, or (2) the compensation includible in the individual's gross income for the year.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 6757 Family Savings Act of 2018
  • S 2526 Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018
  • S 1379 Graduate Student Savings Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 1
R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Oct 25, 2017
Byrne, Bradley
· Jun 29, 2017
Messer, Luke
· Jun 29, 2017
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 29, 2017
ROYCE, ED
· Jun 29, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3136: Graduate Student Savings Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3136/
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