Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 13, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 13, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2021
This bill allows married couples filing a joint tax return to apply the $2,500 limitation on the tax deduction for student loan interest separately to each spouse.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
22
D
Gottheimer, Josh
R
Hill, J. French
R
Franklin, Scott
D
Hayes, Jahana
R
Babin, Brian
R
Budd, Ted
R
Cole, Tom
D
Courtney, Joe
D
Garamendi, John
R
Grothman, Glenn
R
Hern, Kevin
R
Kelly, Mike
LaTurner, Jake
McKinley, David
R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
R
Norman, Ralph
R
Owens, Burgess
Rice, Tom
R
Smith, Jason
R
Steube, W. Gregory
D
Takano, Mark
R
Wagner, Ann
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3196: Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3196/
"H.R. 3196: Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3196/.
H.R. 3196, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3196/.
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