HR 1260 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015

Introduced Mar 4, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Lloyd Doggett D-TX

Latest action · Mar 4, 2015 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.

IntroducedMar 4, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) increases the income threshold for reductions in the credit amount based upon modified adjusted gross income, (3) allows a lifetime dollar limitation on such credit of $15,000 for all taxable years, and (4) makes a portion of such credit refundable. Allows an exclusion from gross income of any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant.

Cosponsors 146

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2015 to Mar 3, 2016; 145 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Henry Cuellar	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-SC	James E. Clyburn	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Janice Hahn	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MD	John K. Delaney	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-FL	Patrick Murphy	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-CA	Xavier Becerra	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Mar 4, 2015
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Mar 3, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 4, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 4, 2015Introduced in House
Mar 4, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article One, Section 8 and the 16th Amendment of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 37, March 4, 2015, page H1615.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 699	American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act of 2015	Related bill	Mar 10, 2015
HR 5383	Middle Class College Tuition Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2016	Related bill	Jun 3, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 4, 2015Introduced in House

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