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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4849
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion
for educational assistance programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Mr. SMITH of Missouri (for himself and Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase
the exclusion for educational assistance programs.
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 ‘‘Upward Mobility En-
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hancement Act’’.
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EXCLUSION FOR EDUCATIONAL AS-
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SISTANCE PROGRAMS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 127(a)
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of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read
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as follows:
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‘‘(2) MAXIMUM EXCLUSION.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—This section shall
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apply only to the first $11,500 of educational
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assistance furnished to an individual during a
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calendar year, in the case of assistance for edu-
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cation below the graduate level.
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‘‘(B) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In the
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case of any calendar year after 2019, the dollar
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amount in subparagraph (A) shall be increased
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by an amount equal to—
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‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
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‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
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termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
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endar year in which such taxable year be-
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gins by substituting ‘calendar year 2017’
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for ‘calendar year 2016’ in subparagraph
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(A)(ii) thereof.
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If any increase determined under this subpara-
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graph is not a multiple of $50, such increase
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shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
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$50.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
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this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
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December 31, 2018.
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