,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ajdc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,february #g1 #bjai,mr4 ,peters 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mrs4 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,barr1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4 ,bost1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mrs4 ,brooks of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,bucshon1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 ,crawford1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,delgado1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mr4 ,hurd of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,california1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,mitchell1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,peterson1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,riggleman1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,schrader1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,womack1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 and ,mr4 ,hastings7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,employer ,participation in ,repayment ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,exclusion for employer payment of qualified education loans 7a7 ,in general ,section #abg7;c77#a7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by striking and at the end of subparagraph 7,a71 by redesignating subparagraph 7,b7 as subparagraph 7,c71 and by inserting after subparagraph 7,a7 the following new subparagraph3 7,b7 the payment by an employer1 whether paid to the employee or to a lender1 of principal or interest on any qualified education loan 7as defined in section #bba7;d77#a77 incurred by the employee1 and 4 7b7 ,denial of double benefit ,section #bba7;e77#a7 of such ,code is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following3 1 or for any amount which is excludable from gross income under section #abg7;c77#a77;,b74 7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall apply to payments made by employers after ,december #ca1 #bjai4