Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Enhancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1042
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2017-05-04
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education

Income tax exclusion

National and community service

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Enhancement Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1042 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 4, 2017 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Isakson ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code to exclude Segal Americorps Education Awards and related awards from income.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Enhancement Act of 2017 . 2. Exclusion of Segal Americorps Education Awards and related educational awards (a) In general Paragraph (2) of section 117(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking or at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting , or , and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) a national service educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. . (b) Exclusion of discharge of student loan debt Subsection (f) of section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Payments under national service educational award programs In the case of an individual, gross income shall not include any amount received under a national service educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments made in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.