HR 499 United States House · 117th Congress

Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2021

Summary

Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2021 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to provide children with parents on active duty in the uniformed services with funds to pay educational expenses. Specifically, ED must establish a tax-exempt Military Education Savings Account for dependent children of parents in the uniformed services for the payment of the children's educational expenses. Funds in the savings account may be used for specified purposes, including the cost of attendance at a private elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education, private tutoring, or costs associated with an apprenticeship or other vocational training program.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Jan 2021

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Introduced Jan 28, 2021 Last action Jan 28, 2021

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Jan 28, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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Jan 28, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Jan 28, 2021

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1 primary · 28 co-sponsors