To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for the payment of tuition and related expenses for postsecondary education.

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

32 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 29 Democrats

4 of 32 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lane Evans (D-IL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Gene Green (D-TX), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), John LaFalce (D-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ron Paul (R-TX), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Max Sandlin (D-TX), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), James Traficant (D-OH), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and 2 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Ackerman.

• H.Con.Res. 211 (106th) Expressing the strong suppport of the Congress for the recently concluded elections in the Republic of India and urging the President to…
• H.R. 443 (106th) Downed Animal Protection Act
• H.R. 2618 (106th) Medicare Home Health Improvement Act of 1999
• H.R. 3511 (106th) To prohibit deductions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for payments to Holocaust survivors under certain settlements.
• H.R. 4415 (106th) To amend the Animal Welfare Act to require humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal.
• H.Con.Res. 361 (106th) Commending the Republic of Benin.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-5 district