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Act Details
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses was a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2001-11-27 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 107 United States Congress by Donald Manzullo in relation with: College costs, Colleges, Education, Finance and financial sector, Government operations and politics, Government paperwork, Higher education, Income tax, Scholarships, Student loan funds, Tax returns, Taxation.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses became law (1) in the United States on 2002-01-16. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
Sponsor
Donald Manzullo, Representative from Illinois, district 16
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
Steve Largent, Republican, Representative, from Oklahoma, district 1
Charles W. Norwood, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 10
Bobby L. Rush, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 1
Act Overview
- Number: 3346 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses (4)
- Date First Introduced: 2001-11-27
- Sponsor Name: Donald Manzullo
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 2002-01-16
- Type: hr (7)
- Main Topic: Taxation
- Related Bills: (8)
- Summary of To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require any person which is an eligible educational institution (current law requires any person which is an eligible educational institution which receives payments for qualified tuition and related expenses with respect to any individual for any calendar year or which makes reimbursements or refunds to any individual of qualified tuition and related expenses) which enrolls any individual for any academic period to meet specified return requirements. Revises requirements concerning the form and manner of such returns.
Bill Notes
- [Note 1] An Act (like To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of a bill are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
- [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
- [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses)
- [Note 4] To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 2001-11-27) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
- [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
- [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
- [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. An Act originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
- [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses, go to THOMAS.
Analysis
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College costs
Colleges
Education
Finance and financial sector
Government operations and politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Income tax
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Tax returns
Taxation
Further Reading
- “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
- “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
- “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.