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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness.

H.R. 5239 · 113th Congress · Jul 29, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

1. Exclusion from gross income for discharge of student loan indebtedness

(a)
In general— Paragraph (1) of section 108(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:

“(1) In general—In the case of an individual, gross income does not include any amount which (but for this subsection) would be includible in gross income by reason of the discharge (in whole or in part) of any student loan if such discharge was pursuant to—

“(A) a provision of such loan under which all or part of the indebtedness of the individual would be discharged if the individual worked for a certain period of time in certain professions for any of a broad class of employers,

“(B) subsections (d)(1)(D) and (e)(7) of section 455 or section 493C(b)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (relating to income contingent and income-based repayment, respectively),

“(C) section 437 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, or

“(D) subsections (c)(1)(F) and (g) of section 464 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.”

(b)
Student loans— Paragraph (2) of section 108(f) of such Code is amended by striking “made by—” and all that follows and inserting the following: “. Such term includes indebtedness used to refinance indebtedness which qualifies as a student loan under the preceding sentence.”.
(c)
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall apply to discharges of indebtedness after the date of the enactment of this Act.