HR 1581 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

VETS Act of 2015

Introduced Mar 24, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Ruben Gallego D-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 24, 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 24, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans Education Tax Security Act of 2015 or the VETS Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of a veteran with a service-connected disability rated as total, or from the gross income of a parent or cosigner of a deceased veteran, income imputed from the discharge of student loan amounts under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 24, 2015 to Jun 8, 2016, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MTRyan K. ZinkeOriginalMar 24, 2015
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickJun 18, 2015
D-CAEric SwalwellJun 18, 2015
D-TXJoaquin CastroJun 18, 2015
R-SCJoe WilsonJun 18, 2015
R-NVJoseph J. HeckJun 18, 2015
D-CAJuan VargasJun 18, 2015
D-AZKyrsten SinemaJun 18, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierJun 18, 2015
D-WIMark PocanJun 18, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoJun 18, 2015
R-OHMichael R. TurnerJun 18, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaJun 18, 2015
R-CAStephen KnightJun 18, 2015
D-ILTammy DuckworthJun 18, 2015
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 24, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Mar 24, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  3. Mar 24, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1856)

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 24, 2015Introduced in House

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