Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act
Latest action · Oct 29, 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.
- IntroducedOct 29, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include payments of qualified education loans paid to either an employee or a lender.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2015 to Dec 7, 2016; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| R-IA | Rod Blum | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Nov 30, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Dec 15, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Feb 3, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 3, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Robert Hurt | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Dave Brat | May 13, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | May 13, 2016 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Jul 8, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Sep 7, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 7, 2016 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Dec 7, 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 Oct 29, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2015Introduced in House
- Oct 29, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 160, October 29, 2015, page H7347.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MEMBER PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE U.S. TAX SYSTEM338 pages | Ways and Means Committee | May 12, 2016 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 795 | Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 1, 2017 |
| S 2457 | Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jan 20, 2016 |
| HR 5415 | HELPS Act | Related bill | Jun 9, 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 the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
