House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs, to restore such exclusion for graduate level courses, and to allow a deduction for interest on education loans.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 1997
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Aug 5, 1997 — See H.R.2014.
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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Martin Frost (D-TX), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), Major Owens (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Payne.
- H.Con.Res. 309 (105th) Condemning the forced abduction of Ugandan children and their use as soldiers.
- H.Con.Res. 215 (105th) Congratulating the people of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana for holding multiparty elections.
- H.Con.Res. 22 (105th) Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the discrimination by the German Government against members of minority religious…
- H.R. 1786 (105th) Nigeria Democracy Act
- H.R. 1075 (105th) Northern Ireland Peace Act
- H.R. 3311 (105th) Expanding International Education for All Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.