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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1794
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from
gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 14, 2019
Mr. LEWIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps edu-
cational awards.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Segal AmeriCorps
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Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF AMERICORPS
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EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 117(c)
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of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the
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period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘,
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or’’, and by adding at the end the following new subpara-
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graph:
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‘‘(D) a national service educational award
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under subtitle D of title I of the National and
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Community Service Act of 1990.’’.
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(b) EXCLUSION OF DISCHARGE OF STUDENT LOAN
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DEBT.—Subsection (f) of section 108 of such Code is
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amended by adding at the end the following new para-
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graph:
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‘‘(6) PAYMENTS
UNDER
NATIONAL
SERVICE
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EDUCATIONAL AWARD PROGRAMS.—In the case of
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an individual, gross income shall not include any
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amount received under a national service educational
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award under subtitle D of title I of the National and
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Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601
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et seq.).’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the
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date of the enactment of this Act.
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