US HB1738 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1738 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 115-1)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) increases the income threshold for reductions in the credit amount based upon modified adjusted gross income, (3) allows a lifetime dollar limitation on such credit of $15,000 for all taxable years, and (4) makes 40% of the credit refundable. Allows an exclusion from gross income of any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant.

Title

American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013

Sponsors

Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Same As/Similar To

SB835 (Related) 2013-04-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3393 (Related) 2014-07-29 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 493.
HB2253 (Related) 2013-06-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB3437 (Related) 2013-10-30 - Referred to House Education and the Workforce
SB1090 (Related) 2013-06-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3476 (Related) 2013-11-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.