HR 1043
116th Congress
House
Taxation
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019
This bill expands the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include payments of qualified education loans by an employer to either an employee or a lender.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
196
ENGEL, ELIOT
R
McCaul, Michael T.
D
Panetta, Jimmy
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
R
Joyce, John
Gallagher, Mike
Graves, Garret
D
Nadler, Jerrold
Cheney, Liz
D
Correa, J. Luis
Gonzalez, Anthony
R
Higgins, Clay
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
King, Steve
R
Lucas, Frank D.
Walorski, Jackie
R
Arrington, Jodey C.
Heck, Denny
R
Hern, Kevin
R
Guthrie, Brett
R
Kelly, Mike
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
R
Westerman, Bruce
Demings, Val
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
SENSENBRENNER, F.
D
Costa, Jim
Hagedorn, Jim
UPTON, FRED
Yoho, Ted
Hartzler, Vicky
D
Case, Ed
R
Wittman, Robert J.
D
Luján, Ben Ray
R
Fulcher, Russ
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
R
Carter, John R.
R
Norman, Ralph
R
Timmons, William R.
R
Gooden, Lance
R
Smith, Adrian
Burgess, Michael
R
Graves, Sam
Yarmuth, John
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
R
Guest, Michael
R
Rutherford, John H.
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
R
Williams, Roger
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1043: Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1043/
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