Personal Access to Continued Education Act of 2003
Latest action · Oct 7, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 7, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Personal Access to Continued Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the Lifetime Learning Credit; (2) make the Hope Credit refundable; (3) increase the Hope Credit; (4) specify that such credit shall not be reduced by either Pell grants or supplemental educational opportunity grants; and (5) allow additional qualifying expenses for such credit, including job skills courses.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 7, 2003 to Dec 8, 2003, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Oct 7, 2003 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Oct 7, 2003 |
| D-CA | Robert T. Matsui | Original | Oct 7, 2003 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Peter Deutsch | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Oct 15, 2003 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2003Introduced in House
- Oct 7, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- College costs
- Cost of living adjustments
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug abuse
- Drug traffic
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Ex-offenders
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Higher education
- Income tax
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Labor and Employment
- Scholarships
- Tax credits
- Tax refunds
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Textbooks
- Vocational and technical education
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