Endowment Accountability Act

Bill: 119-hr-1128
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2025-02-07
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1128 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2025 Mr. Lawler 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 increase the rate of the excise tax based on investment income of private colleges and universities and to broaden the definition of applicable educational institution by lowering the threshold with respect to aggregate fair market value per student, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Endowment Accountability Act . 2. Excise tax based on investment income of private colleges and universities (a) Increase in rate of tax Section 4968(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 1.4 percent and inserting 10 percent . (b) Lowering asset per student threshold for definition of applicable educational institution Section 4968(b)(1)(D) of such Code is amended by striking $500,000 and inserting $200,000 . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.