HR 2429 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act

Introduced May 19, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Jim McDermott D-WA

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Latest action · May 19, 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. IntroducedMay 19, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of student loan indebtedness to include indebtedness discharged pursuant to income-contingent and income-based repayment plans.

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2015 to Sep 7, 2016; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CALois CappsOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-WARick LarsenOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-WIRon KindOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalMay 19, 2015
D-CTJoe CourtneyMay 20, 2015
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneMay 20, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsMay 21, 2015
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthMay 21, 2015
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceMay 22, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernMay 22, 2015
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyJun 2, 2015
D-CAEric SwalwellJun 4, 2015
D-OHTim RyanJun 10, 2015
D-WADerek KilmerJun 17, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoJun 18, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonJul 7, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeJul 8, 2015
D-TNSteve CohenJul 8, 2015
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciJul 8, 2015
D-CAScott H. PetersJul 15, 2015
D-CAZoe LofgrenJul 15, 2015
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJul 22, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuSep 15, 2015
D-CADoris O. MatsuiSep 28, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoOct 23, 2015
D-OHJoyce BeattySep 7, 2016

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 19, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 19, 2015Introduced in House
  2. May 19, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E751)
  3. May 19, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E751Jim McDermott D-WAMay 19, 2015

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: Clause I of Section VIII of Article I.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 77, May 19, 2015, page H3389.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5617Underwater Student Borrowers ActRelated billJul 1, 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 exclude from gross income any discharge of income contingent and income-based student loan indebtedness.
Short Titles as Introduced
Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 19, 2015Introduced in House

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