3.0.0 360 2023-01-11T20:05:01Z 2023-01-11T20:05:01Z Senate S S 2007-01-23 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-23T17:16:47Z Greater Access To Education Act of 2007 110 2924 HR 2007-06-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2007-01-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S913-914) IntroReferral 2007-01-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S912-913) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2007-01-23 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-01-25 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-01-25 False Taxation Books College costs Education Higher education Income tax Scholarships Tax refunds Tax returns Teaching materials Textbooks Tuition tax credits Taxation 00 2007-01-23 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-16T22:28:15Z Greater Access to Education Act of 2007 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the Hope Scholarship tax credit to: (1) include room, board, fees, books, supplies, and equipment as expenses eligible for such credit; (2) exclude Pell and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants from types of scholarship assistance which reduce the allowable amount of such credit; and (3) exempt certain expenses eligible for such credit from tax information reporting requirements.

Makes the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits refundable.

]]> Greater Access To Education Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand expenses which qualify for the Hope Scholarship Credit and to make the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit refundable. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Greater Access To Education Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Greater Access To Education Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s360is/xml/BILLS-110s360is.xml 2007-01-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S913-914) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.