Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 12, 2019 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.
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019
This bill expands the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include payments of qualified education loans by an employer to either an employee or a lender.
Cosponsors 64
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2019 to Mar 2, 2020; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Feb 12, 2019 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Mar 26, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Mar 26, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Apr 10, 2019 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | May 14, 2019 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | May 15, 2019 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | May 15, 2019 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | May 16, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | May 16, 2019 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | May 16, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | May 23, 2019 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Jun 28, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Jul 8, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jul 22, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jul 31, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 23, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Nov 5, 2019 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Nov 6, 2019 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Nov 7, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Nov 7, 2019 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Dec 17, 2019 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Feb 11, 2020 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Feb 24, 2020 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Mar 2, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 12, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4781 | John Thune R-SD | Jul 11, 2019 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-175 | BRIDGING THE SKILLS GAP: POLICIES TO HELP IOWA'S WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES THRIVE41 pages | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Aug 16, 2019 |
| S. Hrg. 116-395 | CHALLENGES IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM110 pages | Finance Committee | May 14, 2019 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 748 | CARES Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
| S 796 | Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Mar 30, 2017 |
| HR 1043 | Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 7, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided education assistance to employer payments of student loans.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
