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<dc:title>118 S1561 IS: Aviation Workforce Development Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-05-11</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 1561</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20230511">May 11, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S365">Mr. Scott of South Carolina</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="S275">Ms. Cantwell</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified distributions from qualified tuition programs for certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H11822F1DB16749C384625F94C84DE882"><section section-type="section-one" id="H375BE7E8158B4DEBA144AA38D130CC9D"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Aviation Workforce Development Act</short-title></quote>. </text></section><section id="H774D567E825944EABB7D93688AC9138D"><enum>2.</enum><header>Qualified distributions from qualified tuition programs for certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses</header><subsection id="H410FF85212EB42C8A532675D2B9BB392"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/529">Section 529(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18F5850166FF4C7290A910F5F9E1D11C"><paragraph id="H41D52A106DE5465EAE979053153CB08D"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Treatment of certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses</header><subparagraph id="H91DC62BD7B1F4973BD8638CC1061B7B6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in this subsection to the term <term>qualified higher education expenses</term> shall include a reference to expenses for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for the participation of a designated beneficiary in a qualified aviation maintenance course or a qualified commercial pilot course.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8544BAD67FF45B0919031802D2DD697"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified aviation maintenance course</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>qualified aviation maintenance course</term> means any course of instruction taught at an aviation maintenance technician school governed by part 147 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6934DA9729EB415081F38B031898B933"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified commercial pilot course</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified commercial pilot course</term> means a commercial pilot course taught at a flight school which provides flight training, as defined in part 61 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or which holds a pilot school certificate under part 141 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H62A6A24534B94616A3C39A6A0C6150A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to distributions made after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

