US Congress House Bill 6749 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-1)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Increases the dollar amounts of the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning tax credits for taxable years beginning in 2020 and increases the refundable portions of such credits. It also expands the tax exclusion for Pell Grants and makes such expanded exclusion retroactive to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. The bill also allows a tax exclusion beginning in 2020 for any emergency financial aid grant amount received by a student in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act of 2020

Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2020-05-08	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6749/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6749/BILLS-116hr6749ih.pdf