Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3505
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-01-13
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, amounts received by members of the Nurse Corps as scholarships or loan forgiveness.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3505 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 13 (legislative day, January 10), 2022 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Wicker , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Boozman , Ms. Stabenow , Mrs. Gillibrand , and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain Nurse Corps payments from gross income.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act of 2022 . 2. Tax treatment of certain Nurse Corps payments (a) In general Paragraph (4) of section 108(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 338B(g) and inserting 338B(g) or 846 . (b) Qualified scholarships Subparagraph (A) of section 117(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the Public Health Service Act and inserting the Public Health Service Act or the scholarship program under section 846 of such Act . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts received in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.