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H.R. 529: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans.

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H.R. 529: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-26 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 89 (2015): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR529 (2015-02-25), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 20, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) This bill makes changes to the rules for qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans). (Sec. 2) The Internal Revenue Code is amended to allow payments from 529 plans for the purchase of computer or peripheral equipment, computer software, or Internet access and related services to be used primarily by a 529 plan beneficiary while enrolled in an eligible educational institution. (Sec. 3) The requirement that distributions from a 529 plan be aggregated for purposes of determining the amount includible in a taxpayer's income is eliminated. (Sec. 4) Students who receive a refund from an eligible educational institution can recontribute such refund to a 529 plan without tax consequences if the recontribution is made not later than 60 days after the date of such refund and does not exceed the refunded amount.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] · 38 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 529, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans (2015-02-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Kelly (R-PA), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Todd Young (R-IN), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), J. French Hill (R-AR), Ami Bera (D-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), James A. Himes (D-CT), Jason Smith (R-MO)

Recorded votes

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr529 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114