US Congress House Bill 621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 32-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows tax-exempt distributions from qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school. (Under current law, distributions in connection with an elementary or secondary school are limited to tuition for a public, private, or religious school.) The bill allows the distributions to be used for additional educational expenses, including curriculum and curricular materials, books or other instructional materials, online educational materials, tutoring or educational classes outside the home, testing fees, fees for dual enrollment in an institution of higher education, and educational therapies for students with disabilities. Distributions may also be used for tuition and the purposes above in connection with a homeschool (whether treated as a homeschool or a private school under state law).

Student Empowerment Act

Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]
Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]	Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Tim Burchett [R-TN]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Mark Green [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2019-01-16	House	Introduced in House

SB157 (Same As) 2019-01-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB4537 (Related) 2020-09-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/621/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr621/BILLS-116hr621ih.pdf