Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017
Latest action · Mar 30, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 30, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include an employer's payments to an employee or lender for the principal or interest on any qualified education loan incurred by an employee.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2017 to Dec 19, 2018, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Aug 1, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Sep 18, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Oct 26, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | May 9, 2018 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Jun 20, 2018 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Aug 27, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Sep 6, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Mar 30, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2648 | Economic Modernization Act | Related bill | Apr 11, 2018 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2017Introduced in Senate
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