SEC. 4. STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF QUALIFIED 
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DE-
VELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAMS.—Any qualified finan-
cial institution may apply to the Secretary for approval 
to establish 1 or more qualified individual development ac-
count programs which meet the requirements of this Act. 
(b) BASIC PROGRAM STRUCTURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All qualified individual de-
velopment account programs shall consist of the fol-
lowing 2 components for each participant: 
(A) An Individual Development Account to 
which an eligible individual may contribute cash 
in accordance with section 5. 
(B) A parallel account to which all match-
ing funds shall be deposited in accordance with 
section 6. 
(2) TAILORED IDA PROGRAMS.—A qualified fi-
nancial institution may tailor its qualified individual 
development account program to allow matching 
funds to be spent on 1 or more of the categories of 
qualified expenses. 
(c) COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY 
INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—Section 3(e)(2) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
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1437a(e)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or in any Indi-
vidual Development Account established under the Sav-
ings for Working Families Act of 2007’’ after ‘‘sub-
section’’. 
(d) TAX TREATMENT OF PARALLEL ACCOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to miscellaneous 
provisions) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 7529. TAX INCENTIVES FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOP-
MENT PARALLEL ACCOUNTS. 
‘‘For purposes of this title— 
‘‘(1) 
any 
account 
described 
in 
section 
4(b)(1)(B) of the Savings for Working Families Act 
of 2007 shall be exempt from taxation, 
‘‘(2) except as provided in section 45O, no item 
of income, expense, basis, gain, or loss with respect 
to such an account may be taken into account, and 
‘‘(3) any amount withdrawn from such an ac-
count shall not be includible in gross income.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 77 of such Code is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 7529. Tax incentives for individual development parallel accounts.’’. 
(e) COORDINATION OF CERTAIN EXPENSES.—Sec-
tion 25A(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
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amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 
(C) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) a qualified expense distribution with 
respect to qualified higher education expenses 
from an Individual Development Account or a 
parallel account under section 7(a) of the Sav-
ings for Working Families Act of 2007.’’. 
SEC. 5. PROCEDURES FOR OPENING AND MAINTAINING AN 
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT AND 
QUALIFYING FOR MATCHING FUNDS. 
(a) OPENING AN ACCOUNT.—An eligible individual 
may open an Individual Development Account with a 
qualified financial institution upon certification that such 
individual has never maintained any other Individual De-
velopment Account (other than an Individual Development 
Account to be terminated by a qualified rollover). 
(b) REQUIRED COMPLETION OF FINANCIAL EDU-
CATION COURSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before becoming eligible to 
withdraw funds to pay for qualified expenses, owners 
of Individual Development Accounts must complete 
1 or more financial education courses specified in 
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the qualified individual development account pro-
gram. 
(2) 
STANDARD
AND
APPLICABILITY
OF 
COURSE.—The Secretary, in consultation with rep-
resentatives of qualified individual development ac-
count programs and financial educators, shall not 
later than the date on which the Secretary approves 
the first qualified Individual Development Account 
program, establish minimum quality standards for 
the contents of financial education courses and pro-
viders of such courses described in paragraph (1) 
and a protocol to exempt individuals from the re-
quirement under paragraph (1) in the case of hard-
ship, lack of need, the attainment of age 65, or a 
qualified final distribution. 
(c) PROOF
OF STATUS
AS
AN ELIGIBLE INDI-
VIDUAL.—Federal income tax forms for the immediately 
preceding taxable year and any other evidence of eligibility 
which may be required by a qualified financial institution 
shall be presented to such institution at the time of the 
establishment of the Individual Development Account and 
in any taxable year in which contributions are made to 
the Account to qualify for matching funds under section 
6(b)(1)(A). 
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(d) SPECIAL RULE IN THE CASE OF MARRIED INDI-
VIDUALS.—For purposes of this Act, if, with respect to 
any taxable year, 2 married individuals file a Federal joint 
income tax return, then not more than 1 of such individ-
uals may be treated as an eligible individual with respect 
to the succeeding taxable year. 
SEC. 6. DEPOSITS BY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEVELOP-
MENT ACCOUNT PROGRAMS. 
(a) PARALLEL ACCOUNTS.—The qualified financial 
institution shall deposit all matching funds for each Indi-
vidual Development Account into a parallel account at a 
qualified financial institution. 
(b) REGULAR DEPOSITS OF MATCHING FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the qualified financial institution shall deposit into 
the parallel account with respect to each eligible in-
dividual the following amounts: 
(A) A dollar-for-dollar match for the first 
$500 contributed by the eligible individual into 
an Individual Development Account with re-
spect to any taxable year of such individual. 
(B) Any matching funds provided by State, 
local, or private sources in accordance with the 
matching ratio set by those sources. 
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(2) TIMING OF DEPOSITS.—A deposit of the 
amounts described in paragraph (1) shall be made 
into a parallel account— 
(A) in the case of amounts described in 
paragraph (1)(A), not later than 30 days after 
the end of the calendar quarter during which 
the contribution described in such paragraph 
was made, and 
(B) in the case of amounts described in 
paragraph (1)(B), not later than 2 business 
days after such amounts were provided. 
(3) CROSS REFERENCE.—For allowance of tax 
credit for Individual Development Account subsidies, 
including matching funds, see section 45O of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(c) DEPOSIT
OF MATCHING FUNDS INTO INDI-
VIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL WHO 
HAS ATTAINED AGE 65.—In the case of an Individual De-
velopment Account owner who attains the age of 65, the 
qualified financial institution shall deposit the funds in the 
parallel account with respect to such individual into the 
Individual Development Account of such individual on the 
later of— 
(1) the day which is the 1-year anniversary of 
the deposit of such funds in the parallel account, or 
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(2) the first business day of the taxable year of 
such individual following the taxable year in which 
such individual attained age 65. 
(d) UNIFORM ACCOUNTING REGULATIONS.—To en-
sure proper recordkeeping and determination of the tax 
credit under section 45O of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations with re-
spect to accounting for matching funds in the parallel ac-
counts. 
(e) REGULAR
REPORTING
OF
ACCOUNTS.—Any 
qualified financial institution shall report the balances in 
any Individual Development Account and parallel account 
of an individual on not less than an annual basis to such 
individual. 
SEC. 7. WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES. 
(a) WITHDRAWALS FOR QUALIFIED EXPENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An Individual Development 
Account owner may withdraw funds in order to pay 
qualified expense distributions from such individ-
ual’s— 
(A) Individual Development Account, but 
only from funds which have been on deposit in 
such Account for at least 1 year, and 
(B) parallel account, but only— 
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(i) from matching funds which have 
been on deposit in such parallel account 
for at least 1 year, 
(ii) from earnings in such parallel ac-
count, after all matching funds described 
in clause (i) have been withdrawn, and 
(iii) to the extent such withdrawal 
does not result in a remaining balance in 
such parallel account which is less than the 
remaining balance in the Individual Devel-
opment Account after such withdrawal. 
(2) PROCEDURE.—Upon receipt of a with-
drawal request which meets the requirements of 
paragraph (1), the qualified financial institution 
shall directly transfer the funds electronically to the 
distributees described in section 3(6)(A)(ii). If a dis-
tributee is not equipped to receive funds electroni-
cally, the qualified financial institution may issue 
such funds by paper check to the distributee. 
(b) 
WITHDRAWALS
FOR
NONQUALIFIED
EX-
PENSES.—An Individual Development Account owner may 
withdraw any amount of funds from the Individual Devel-
opment Account for purposes other than to pay qualified 
expense distributions, but if, after such withdrawal, the 
amount in the parallel account of such owner (excluding 
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earnings on matching funds) exceeds the amount remain-
ing in such Individual Development Account, then such 
owner shall forfeit from the parallel account the lesser of 
such excess or the amount withdrawn. 
(c) WITHDRAWALS
FROM
ACCOUNTS
OF
NON-
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—If the individual for whose ben-
efit an Individual Development Account is established 
ceases to be an eligible individual, such account shall re-
main an Individual Development Account, but such indi-
vidual shall not be eligible for any further matching funds 
under section 6(b)(1)(A) for contributions which are made 
to the Account during any taxable year when such indi-
vidual is not an eligible individual. 
(d) EFFECT
OF PLEDGING ACCOUNT
AS SECU-
RITY.—If, during any taxable year of the individual for 
whose benefit an Individual Development Account is es-
tablished, that individual uses the Account, the individ-
ual’s parallel account, or any portion thereof as security 
for a loan, the portion so used shall be treated as a with-
drawal of such portion from the Individual Development 
Account for purposes other than to pay qualified expenses. 
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SEC. 8. CERTIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF QUALIFIED 
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) CERTIFICATION
PROCEDURES.—Upon estab-
lishing a qualified individual development account pro-
gram under section 4, a qualified financial institution shall 
certify to the Secretary at such time and in such manner 
as may be prescribed by the Secretary and accompanied 
by any documentation required by the Secretary, that— 
(1) the accounts described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of section 4(b)(1) are operating pursu-
ant to all the provisions of this Act, and 
(2) the qualified financial institution agrees to 
implement an information system necessary to mon-
itor the cost and outcomes of the qualified individual 
development account program. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE QUALIFIED IDA 
PROGRAM.—If the Secretary determines that a qualified 
financial institution under this Act is not operating a 
qualified individual development account program in ac-
cordance with the requirements of this Act (and has not 
implemented any corrective recommendations directed by 
the Secretary), the Secretary shall terminate such institu-
tion’s authority to conduct the program. If the Secretary 
is unable to identify a qualified financial institution to as-
sume the authority to conduct such program, then any 
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funds in a parallel account established for the benefit of 
any individual under such program shall be deposited into 
the Individual Development Account of such individual as 
of the first day of such termination. 
SEC. 9. REPORTING, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS.—Each qualified financial institution that op-
erates a qualified individual development account program 
under section 4 shall report annually to the Secretary 
within 90 days after the end of each calendar year on— 
(1) the number of individuals making contribu-
tions into Individual Development Accounts and the 
amounts contributed, 
(2) the amounts contributed into Individual De-
velopment Accounts by eligible individuals and the 
amounts deposited into parallel accounts for match-
ing funds, 
(3) the amounts withdrawn from Individual De-
velopment Accounts and parallel accounts, and the 
purposes for which such amounts were withdrawn, 
(4) the balances remaining in Individual Devel-
opment Accounts and parallel accounts, and 
(5) such other information needed to help the 
Secretary monitor the effectiveness of the qualified 
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