Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 13, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Education to provide assistance to the immediate families of teachers or other elementary and secondary school employees who are killed by another person's violent act while performing school duties. Such assistance includes funeral assistance, a death benefit, living assistance, and undergraduate education assistance for dependents.
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income tax: (1) the victim's compensation from school employment in the year of death, and (2) the victim's family assistance.
The bill also establishes the Teacher Victims' Family Trust Fund funded with an excise tax increase on ammunition.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2017 to Jan 31, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jan 11, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jan 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jan 23, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 31, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 31, 2017 |
Committees 3
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 Jan 3, 2017 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2017 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2017 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jan 13, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 163, no. 1, January 3, 2017, page H51.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-3 | MEMBERS' DAY64 pages | Budget Committee | Mar 2, 2017 |
| — | INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 20181,090 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 28, 2017–May 17, 2017 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45123 | Guns, Excise Taxes, Wildlife Restoration, and the National Firearms Act | Report | Mar 5, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Education to provide assistance to the immediate family of a teacher or other school employee killed in an act of violence while performing school duties.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Crime victims
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Firearms and explosives
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- Income tax exclusion
- Law enforcement officers
- Sales and excise taxes
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced 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.
