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S 796 115th Congress Senate Taxation Employee benefits and pensions Income tax exclusion Interest, dividends, interest rates Student aid and college costs

Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017

Introduced: March 30, 2017 Introduced by: Warner, Mark R. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Mar 30, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 30, 2017
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Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include an employer's payments to an employee or lender for the principal or interest on any qualified education loan incurred by an employee.

What's happening now March 30, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2648 Related bill Economic Modernization Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 8 Republican 7 Independent 1
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Dec 19, 2018
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Nov 15, 2018
 R
Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Nov 14, 2018
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Nov 13, 2018
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Oct 11, 2018
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Sep 12, 2018
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 12, 2018
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 6, 2018
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Mar 1, 2018
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Nov 28, 2017
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 18, 2017
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Aug 1, 2017
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 24, 2017
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 3, 2017
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Mar 30, 2017
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Mar 30, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 796: Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-796/
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