HR 4173
117th Congress
House
Taxation
Child care and development
Computers and information technology
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Tax-Free Pell Grant Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 25, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Tax-Free Pell Grant Act
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received as a federal Pell Grant. It also expands the definition of qualified tuition and related expenses under the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning tax credit to include computer or peripheral equipment (up to a maximum of $1,000), child and dependent care expenses, and course materials.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
66
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Peters, Scott H.
Lamb, Conor
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Beyer, Donald S.
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Brown, Anthony
D
Gallego, Ruben
McNerney, Jerry
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
O'Halleran, Tom
Perlmutter, Ed
R
Donalds, Byron
D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Newman, Marie
D
Carter, Troy A.
D
Evans, Dwight
Jones, Mondaire
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Butterfield, G. K.
Cartwright, Matt
D
Castro, Joaquin
D
Chu, Judy
Cicilline, David
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Courtney, Joe
D
Davis, Danny K.
Deutch, Theodore
D
Dingell, Debbie
D
Espaillat, Adriano
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
D
Garamendi, John
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
D
Green, Al
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
JOHNSON, EDDIE
R
Kelly, Mike
LANGEVIN, JAMES
D
Leger Fernandez, Teresa
Lowenthal, Alan
MALONEY, CAROLYN
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Mfume, Kweisi
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Neguse, Joe
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4173: Tax-Free Pell Grant Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4173/
"H.R. 4173: Tax-Free Pell Grant Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4173/.
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