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S 16 98th Congress Senate Taxation College costs Education Higher education Income tax Savings accounts Tax deductions Tax exclusion Tax incentives Vocational and technical education

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

Introduced: January 26, 1983 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 98th Congress ended
It never became law before the 98th Congress (1983–1984) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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To President
Became law
Jan 31, 1983
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
Jan 26, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 26, 1983
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals and lodging) of such taxpayer or the taxpayer's child at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of such deduction to $750 (adjusted for inflation) for each account per year, up to a maximum of $3,000 for all accounts that are established. Specifies that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account.

Permits the deferral of income tax on income accumulated in such educational savings accounts as long as such amounts are used exclusively for educational expenses. Specifies penalties for the use of account funds for other than educational purposes.

Excludes from the gross income of account beneficiaries any distributions from the account made on their behalf which are used for educational expenses.

What's happening now January 31, 1983

Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 16: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-16/
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"S. 16: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-16/.
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S. 16, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-16/.
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