Protecting American Students Act

Bill: 118-hr-8913
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2024-07-02
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing

Business investment and capital

Higher education

Sales and excise taxes

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 798.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 798 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8913 [Report No. 118–949] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2024 Mr. Ferguson (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mrs. Miller of West Virginia , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Kustoff , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Moore of Utah , Ms. Malliotakis , and Ms. Stefanik ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means December 24, 2024 Additional sponsor: Mr. Smith of Nebraska December 24, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 2, 2024 A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain students from the calculation to determine if certain private colleges and universities are subject to the excise tax on net investment income, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Students Act . 2. Certain students not taken into account for purposes of calculation to determine if certain private colleges and universities are subject to excise tax on net investment income (a) In general Section 4968(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Certain students not taken into account in determining endowment threshold For purposes of paragraph (1)(D), a student shall not be taken into account with respect to an eligible educational institution unless such student meets the student eligibility requirements under section 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5) ). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. 3. Requirement to report certain information with respect to application of excise tax based on investment income of private colleges and universities (a) In general Section 6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (p) and by inserting after subsection (n) the following new subsection: (o) Requirement to report certain information with respect to excise tax based on investment income of private colleges and universities Each applicable educational institution described in section 4968(b) which is subject to the requirements of subsection (a) shall include on the return required under subsection (a)— (1) the number of students taken into account for purposes of the calculation in paragraph (1)(D) of section 4968(b) (determined before the application of paragraph (3) of such section), and (2) the number of students taken into account for purposes of the calculation in paragraph (1)(D) of section 4968(b) (determined after the application of paragraph (3) of such section). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.

December 24, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8913 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2024 Mr. Ferguson (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mrs. Miller of West Virginia , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Kustoff , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Moore of Utah , Ms. Malliotakis , and Ms. Stefanik ) 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 certain students from the calculation to determine if certain private colleges and universities are subject to the excise tax on net investment income, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Students Act . 2. Certain students not taken into account for purposes of calculation to determine if certain private colleges and universities are subject to excise tax on net investment income (a) In general Section 4968(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Certain students not taken into account in determining endowment threshold For purposes of paragraph (1)(D), a student shall not be taken into account with respect to an eligible educational institution unless such student meets the student eligibility requirements under section 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1091(a)(5) ). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. 3. Requirement to report certain information with respect to application of excise tax based on investment income of private colleges and universities (a) In general Section 6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (p) and by inserting after subsection (n) the following new subsection: (o) Requirement To report certain information with respect to excise tax based on investment income of private colleges and universities Each applicable educational institution described in section 4968(b) which is subject to the requirements of subsection (a) shall include on the return required under subsection (a)— (1) the number of students taken into account for purposes of the calculation in paragraph (1)(D) of section 4968(b) (determined before the application of paragraph (3) of such section), and (2) the number of students taken into account for purposes of the calculation in paragraph (1)(D) of section 4968(b) (determined after the application of paragraph (3) of such section). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.