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House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the provision terminating the exclusion for benefits under educational assistance programs and to repeal the provision limiting such exclusion to benefits for undergraduate education.

H.R. 1165Introduced Feb 28, 1989Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Owen Pickett D-VA
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 28, 1989 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

51 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 25 Democrats

26 of 51 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.

Chester Atkins (D-MA), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), William Broomfield (R-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Jim Chapman (D-TX), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), Larry Craig (R-ID), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Mervyn Dymally (D-CA), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Robert Garcia (D-NY), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Steve Gunderson (R-WI), J. Hastert (R-IL), Clyde Holloway (R-LA), Frank Horton (R-NY), William Hughes (D-NJ), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Martin Lancaster (D-NC), George Leland (D-TX), John Lewis (D-GA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Donald Lukens (R-OH), Ronald Machtley (R-RI), Clarence Miller (R-OH) and 21 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Owen Pickett.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-2 district

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.