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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="9256" measure-id="id118hr9256" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2024-08-02" update-date="2024-10-08">
        <title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and adjust for inflation the above-the-line deduction for teachers.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr9256v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2024-10-08">
            <action-date>2024-08-02</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill increases&nbsp;from $250 to $1,000 the tax deduction for certain expenses (e.g., books, supplies, computer equipment and software) of eligible educators (i.e., a kindergarten through grade 12 teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide in a school for at least 900 hours during a school year). &nbsp;</p>]]></summary-text>
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