Teacher Victims’ Family Assistance Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 12, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain family members of elementary or secondary school staff members killed by an act of violence while performing school duties.
Specifically, victims' families shall be provided with (1) funeral assistance; (2) a death benefit payment to the surviving spouse, dependent child, or other next of kin; (3) a monthly living allowance for the surviving spouse until death or remarriage and for each dependent child until age 18; and (4) undergraduate education assistance for each dependent child for five years.
The bill exempts from income taxation wages of a elementary or secondary staff member killed by an act of violence while performing school duties earned in the year of death. It also increases the excise tax on shells and cartridges ammunition from 11% to 13%.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2019 to Dec 17, 2019, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Mar 12, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 12, 2019 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Mar 12, 2019 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Dec 17, 2019 |
Actions 3
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- Mar 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2019Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
- Mar 12, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E293)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
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- Mar 12, 2019Introduced in House
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