Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7539
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2022-04-18
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2022</b></p> <p> This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7539 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2022 Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Mr. Cole , Ms. Norton , Mr. Joyce of Ohio , and Mr. Carson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2022 . 2. Exclusion from gross income for payments under Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program (a) In general Paragraph (4) of section 108(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, after 338I of such Act, . (b) Clerical amendment The heading for section 108(f)(4) of such Code is amended by striking and certain and inserting , Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program, and certain . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments made after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Exclusion of certain amounts received under Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program (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) the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program under section 104 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to amounts received in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.