HR 889 United States House · 117th Congress

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

Summary
Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act This bill allows individual and corporate taxpayers a tax credit for cash contributions to tax-exempt scholarship-granting organizations for elementary and secondary education expenses. It imposes a cap of $5 billion on the amount of contributions that qualify for a tax credit. The bill directs the Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of the Treasury, to establish, host, and maintain a web portal that (1) lists all eligible scholarship-granting organizations; (2) enables contributions to such organizations; (3) provides information about the benefits of this bill; and (4) enables a state to submit and update information about its programs and scholarship-granting organizations, including information on student eligibility and allowable educational expenses.
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Feb 2021
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Introduced Feb 5, 2021 Last action Feb 5, 2021
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Feb 5, 2021
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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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1 primary · 51 co-sponsors

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State
District
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Photo of Burgess Owens
Burgess Owens
RRepublican
UT
4
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Photo of Alexander X. Mooney
Alexander X. Mooney
RRepublican
WV
2
Co
Photo of Andy Barr
Andy Barr
RRepublican
KY
6
Co
Photo of Andy Harris
Andy Harris
RRepublican
MD
1
Co
Photo of Ben Cline
Ben Cline
RRepublican
VA
6
Co
Photo of Bill Posey
Bill Posey
RRepublican
FL
8
Co
Photo of Brett Guthrie
Brett Guthrie
RRepublican
KY
2
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Photo of Brian Babin
Brian Babin
RRepublican
TX
36
Co
Photo of Brian J. Mast
Brian J. Mast
RRepublican
FL
21
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Photo of Dan Bishop
Dan Bishop
RRepublican
NC
8
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Photo of Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
RRepublican
TX
2