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HR 6743 116th Congress House Taxation Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Higher education Income tax exclusion Infectious and parasitic diseases Student aid and college costs

Protect Vulnerable Students from Surprise Tax Bills Act

Introduced: May 8, 2020 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 8, 2020
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Protect Vulnerable Students from Surprise Tax Bills Act

This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any qualified emergency financial aid grant. A qualified emergency financial aid grant is any amount received by a degree candidate at an institution of higher education for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

What's happening now May 8, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6743: Protect Vulnerable Students from Surprise Tax Bills Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6743/
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"H.R. 6743: Protect Vulnerable Students from Surprise Tax Bills Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6743/.
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H.R. 6743, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6743/.
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[H.R. 6743: Protect Vulnerable Students from Surprise Tax Bills Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6743/)
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