[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3196 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3196

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow married couples to 
apply the student loan interest deduction limitation separately to each 
                    spouse, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2021

 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Budd, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
  Smith of Missouri, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cole, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. LaTurner, 
  Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Owens, Mr. Steube, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Babin, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. McKinley, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Kelly of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Takano, Mr. Grothman, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mr. 
    Hern) 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 allow married couples to 
apply the student loan interest deduction limitation separately to each 
                    spouse, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Student Loan Marriage Penalty 
Elimination Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. STUDENT LOAN INTEREST DEDUCTION LIMITATION APPLIED SEPARATELY 
              TO EACH SPOUSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 221(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--The interest taken into account with 
        respect to a taxpayer for a taxable year under subsection (a) 
        for indebtedness incurred by an individual shall not exceed 
        $2,500.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 221 of such Code is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking the heading and 
        inserting ``Dollar Limitations'', and
            (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Denial of Double Benefit.--No deduction shall be allowed 
under this section for any amount for which a deduction is allowable 
under any other provision of this chapter.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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