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HELPS Act

5415

114th Congress

In Committee

HELPS Act

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

2

Committee

3

Floor Vote

4

Other Chamber

5

Enacted

Introduced

June 9, 2016

Latest Action

June 9, 2016

Primary Sponsor

Elise M. StefanikRepublican(NY)

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Summary

Helping Employers Lessen Payments for Students Act of 2016 or the HELPS Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income of an employee up to $10,000 per year in education loan payments made by an employer on behalf of the employee.

Subjects (4)

Employee benefits and pensions

Income tax exclusion

Interest, dividends, interest rates

Student aid and college costs

Actions (2)

June 9, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

June 9, 2016

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Ways and Means Committee	House	Referred to	June 9, 2016

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	June 9, 2016	XML

Cosponsors (2)

Name	Party	State
Luke Messer	Republican	IN
Martha McSally	Republican	AZ

Related Bills (2)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
S 2457	114th	Related bill
HR 3861	114th	Related bill

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Sources: Congress.gov