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S. 1561 118th Congress Senate

Aviation Workforce Development Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified distributions from qualified tuition programs for certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses.

Introduced: May 11, 2023 Introduced by: Tim Scott Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 11, 2023
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 Latest action May 11, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Aviation Workforce Development Act

This bill expands the qualified tuition program (commonly referred to as 529 plans) to allow distributions to pay education-related expenses required for participation in certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1818 Identical bill Aviation Workforce Development Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Jun 22, 2023
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Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Jun 22, 2023
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · May 11, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1561: Aviation Workforce Development Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1561/
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"S. 1561: Aviation Workforce Development Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1561/.
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S. 1561, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1561/.
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