S 1134 · 106th Congress · Taxation

Affordable Education Act of 2000

Introduced 1999-05-26· Sponsored by Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 61 - 37. Record Vote Number: 33. (text: CR S1104-1111)(2000-03-02)

Recorded Votes

PassedSenate · 2000-03-02
Roll #33
Yea 61Nay 37
PassedSenate · 2000-03-02
Roll #33
Yea 61Nay 37

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Affordable Education Act of 1999 - Title I: Education Savings Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the maximum annual contribution allowed to an education individual retirement account. Permits eligible educational institutions to maintain qualified tuition programs. Title II: Educational Assistance - Extends the termination date for the exclusion of employer provided educational assistance provisions. Eliminates the 60 month limit on the student loan interest deduction. Excludes from gross income certain amounts received under the National Public Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. Title III: Liberalization of Tax-Exempt Financing Rules for Public School Construction - Increases the amount by which certain governmental bonds used to finance public school capital expenditures may be exempted from specified arbitrage bond provisions. Provides for the treatment of qualified public educational facility bonds as exempt facility bonds. Permits aggregate Federal guarantees of up to $500 million in school construction bonds by the Federal Housing Finance Board. …

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 1134, The Affordable Education Act of 1999

May 25, 1999

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on May 19, 1999

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Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office