To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for education loan interest incurred by doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals while serving in medicallly underserved areas.

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 — 31 Republicans, 20 Democrats

22 of 51 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.

William Alexander (D-AR), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Ben Blaz (R-GU), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Glen Browder (D-AL), William Clinger (R-PA), E. Coleman (R-MO), Larry Combest (R-TX), John Conyers (D-MI), Robert Davis (R-MI), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Fred Grandy (R-IA), Bill Grant (R-FL), Steve Gunderson (R-WI), Claude Harris (D-AL), Charles Hatcher (D-GA), Clyde Holloway (R-LA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Martin Lancaster (D-NC), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Greg Laughlin (R-TX), Thomas Lewis (R-FL), Jim Lightfoot (R-IA), Ron Marlenee (R-MT), Timothy Penny (D-MN), Glenn Poshard (D-IL), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Arthur Ravenel (R-SC) and 21 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Guy Van Der Jagt.

• H.J.Res. 352 (101st) Designating September 15, 1989, as "National Telephone Operators Recognition Day".
• H.R. 654 (101st) United States Olympic Checkoff Act
• H.R. 2862 (101st) Naturalized Citizens United States Flag Distribution Act
• H.J.Res. 84 (101st) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States repealing the twenty-second article of amendment thereto.
• H.R. 2103 (101st) National Dividend Act of 1989
• H.R. 4375 (101st) Higher Education Savings Plan Act of 1990

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress · MI-9 district