[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 740 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 740

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand school choice 
 opportunities for children of active duty members of the Armed Forces 
                         of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2019

 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand school choice 
 opportunities for children of active duty members of the Armed Forces 
                         of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Child Educational Freedom 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR HOME SCHOOLS OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY.

    (a) In General.--Section 530(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Special rule for home schools of active duty 
                members of the armed forces of the united states.--For 
                purposes of clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A), 
                if either the taxpayer or the spouse of the taxpayer is 
                serving on extended active duty (within the meaning of 
                section 32(c)(4)) in the Armed Forces of the United 
                States at the time the expense is incurred, the terms 
                `public, private, or religious school' and `school' 
                shall include any home school which provides elementary 
                or secondary education if such school is treated under 
                State law as a home school or a private school.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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