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2-Union Calendar No. 799
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32 118THCONGRESS
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54 DSESSION H. R. 8915
6-[Report No. 118–950]
75 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expenses treated
86 as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts
97 to include additional elementary and secondary school expenses and cer-
108 tain postsecondary credentialing expenses.
119 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1210 JULY2, 2024
1311 Mr. H
1412 ERN(for himself, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. COLLINS, and Mr. FINSTAD) in-
1513 troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
1614 and Means
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18-ECEMBER24, 2024
19-Additional sponsors: Mrs. H
20-OUCHIN, Mr. WILSONof South Carolina, and Mr.
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22-ILL
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24-ECEMBER24, 2024
25-Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
26-House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
27-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
28-[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 2, 2024]
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3215 A BILL
3316 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand
3417 the expenses treated as qualified higher education ex-
3518 penses for purposes of 529 accounts to include additional
3619 elementary and secondary school expenses and certain
3720 postsecondary credentialing expenses.
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4121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
4222 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
4323 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
4424 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Education and Work-4
4525 force Freedom Act’’. 5
46-SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND HOME 6
47-SCHOOL EXPENSES TREATED AS QUALIFIED 7
48-HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR PUR-8
49-POSES OF 529 ACCOUNTS. 9
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29+SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND 1
30+HOME SCHOOL EXPENSES TREATED AS 2
31+QUALIFIED HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSES 3
32+FOR PURPOSES OF 529 ACCOUNTS. 4
5033 (a) I
51-NGENERAL.—Section 529(c)(7) of the Internal 10
52-Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 11
34+NGENERAL.—Section 529(c)(7) of the Internal 5
35+Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 6
5336 ‘‘(7) T
54-REATMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SEC -12
55-ONDARY TUITION.—Any reference in this section to 13
56-the term ‘qualified higher education expense’ shall in-14
57-clude a reference to the following expenses in connec-15
58-tion with enrollment or attendance at, or for students 16
59-enrolled at or attending, an elementary or secondary 17
60-public, private, or religious school: 18
61-‘‘(A) Tuition. 19
62-‘‘(B) Curriculum and curricular materials. 20
63-‘‘(C) Books or other instructional materials. 21
64-‘‘(D) Online educational materials. 22
65-‘‘(E) Tuition for tutoring or educational 23
66-classes outside of the home, including at a tutor-24
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70-ing facility, but only if the tutor or instructor is 1
71-not related to the student and— 2
72-‘‘(i) is licensed as a teacher in any 3
73-State, 4
74-‘‘(ii) has taught at an eligible edu-5
75-cational institution, or 6
76-‘‘(iii) is a subject matter expert in the 7
77-relevant subject. 8
78-‘‘(F) Fees for a nationally standardized 9
79-norm-referenced achievement test, an advanced 10
80-placement examination, or any examinations re-11
81-lated to college or university admission. 12
82-‘‘(G) Fees for dual enrollment in an institu-13
83-tion of higher education. 14
84-‘‘(H) Educational therapies for students 15
85-with disabilities provided by a licensed or ac-16
86-credited practitioner or provider, including occu-17
87-pational, behavioral, physical, and speech-lan-18
88-guage therapies. 19
89-Such term shall include expenses for the purposes de-20
90-scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (H) in connec-21
91-tion with a homeschool (whether treated as a 22
92-homeschool or a private school for purposes of appli-23
93-cable State law).’’. 24
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97-(b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by this 1
98-section shall apply to distributions made after the date of 2
99-the enactment of this Act. 3
100-SEC. 3. CERTAIN POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIALING EX-4
101-PENSES TREATED AS QUALIFIED HIGHER 5
102-EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR PURPOSES OF 529 6
103-ACCOUNTS. 7
37+REATMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SEC -7
38+ONDARY TUITION.—Any reference in this section to 8
39+the term ‘qualified higher education expense’ shall 9
40+include a reference to the following expenses in con-10
41+nection with enrollment or attendance at, or for stu-11
42+dents enrolled at or attending, an elementary or sec-12
43+ondary public, private, or religious school: 13
44+‘‘(A) Tuition. 14
45+‘‘(B) Curriculum and curricular materials. 15
46+‘‘(C) Books or other instructional mate-16
47+rials. 17
48+‘‘(D) Online educational materials. 18
49+‘‘(E) Tuition for tutoring or educational 19
50+classes outside of the home, including at a tu-20
51+toring facility, but only if the tutor or instruc-21
52+tor is not related to the student and— 22
53+‘‘(i) is licensed as a teacher in any 23
54+State, 24
55+‘‘(ii) has taught at an eligible edu-25
56+cational institution, or 26
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60+‘‘(iii) is a subject matter expert in the 1
61+relevant subject. 2
62+‘‘(F) Fees for a nationally standardized 3
63+norm-referenced achievement test, an advanced 4
64+placement examination, or any examinations re-5
65+lated to college or university admission. 6
66+‘‘(G) Fees for dual enrollment in an insti-7
67+tution of higher education. 8
68+‘‘(H) Educational therapies for students 9
69+with disabilities provided by a licensed or ac-10
70+credited practitioner or provider, including oc-11
71+cupational, behavioral, physical, and speech-lan-12
72+guage therapies. 13
73+Such term shall include expenses for the purposes 14
74+described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) in con-15
75+nection with a homeschool (whether treated as a 16
76+homeschool or a private school for purposes of appli-17
77+cable State law).’’. 18
78+(b) E
79+FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 19
80+this section shall apply to distributions made after the 20
81+date of the enactment of this Act. 21
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85+SEC. 3. CERTAIN POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIALING EX-1
86+PENSES TREATED AS QUALIFIED HIGHER 2
87+EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR PURPOSES OF 3
88+529 ACCOUNTS. 4
10489 (a) I
105-NGENERAL.—Section 529(e)(3) of the Internal 8
106-Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 9
107-the following new subparagraph: 10
90+NGENERAL.—Section 529(e)(3) of the Internal 5
91+Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 6
92+the following new subparagraph: 7
10893 ‘‘(C) C
109-ERTAIN POSTSECONDARY 11
110-CREDENTIALING EXPENSES .—The term ‘qualified 12
111-higher education expenses’ includes qualified 13
112-postsecondary credentialing expenses (as defined 14
113-in subsection (f)).’’. 15
94+ERTAIN POSTSECONDARY 8
95+CREDENTIALING EXPENSES .—The term ‘quali-9
96+fied higher education expenses’ includes quali-10
97+fied postsecondary credentialing expenses (as 11
98+defined in subsection (f)).’’. 12
11499 (b) Q
115-UALIFIEDPOSTSECONDARYCREDENTIALINGEX-16
116-PENSES.—Section 529 is amended by redesignating sub-17
117-section (f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after sub-18
118-section (e) the following new subsection: 19
100+UALIFIEDPOSTSECONDARY CREDENTIALING 13
101+E
102+XPENSES.—Section 529 is amended by redesignating 14
103+subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after sub-15
104+section (e) the following new subsection: 16
119105 ‘‘(f) Q
120-UALIFIEDPOSTSECONDARYCREDENTIALINGEX-20
121-PENSES.—For purposes of this section— 21
106+UALIFIEDPOSTSECONDARY CREDENTIALING 17
107+E
108+XPENSES.—For purposes of this section— 18
122109 ‘‘(1) I
123-N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified postsec-22
124-ondary credentialing expenses’ means— 23
125-‘‘(A) tuition, fees, books, supplies, and 24
126-equipment required for the enrollment or attend-25
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130-ance of a designated beneficiary in a recognized 1
131-postsecondary credential program, or any other 2
132-expense incurred in connection with enrollment 3
133-in or attendance at a recognized postsecondary 4
134-credential program if such expense would, if in-5
135-curred in connection with enrollment or attend-6
136-ance at an eligible educational institution, be 7
137-covered under subsection (e)(3)(A), 8
138-‘‘(B) fees for testing if such testing is re-9
139-quired to obtain or maintain a recognized post-10
140-secondary credential, and 11
141-‘‘(C) fees for continuing education if such 12
142-education is required to maintain a recognized 13
143-postsecondary credential. 14
110+N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified post-19
111+secondary credentialing expenses’ means— 20
112+‘‘(A) tuition, fees, books, supplies, and 21
113+equipment required for the enrollment or at-22
114+tendance of a designated beneficiary in a recog-23
115+nized postsecondary credential program, or any 24
116+other expense incurred in connection with en-25
117+rollment in or attendance at a recognized post-26
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121+secondary credential program if such expense 1
122+would, if incurred in connection with enrollment 2
123+or attendance at an eligible educational institu-3
124+tion, be covered under subsection (e)(3)(A), 4
125+‘‘(B) fees for testing if such testing is re-5
126+quired to obtain or maintain a recognized post-6
127+secondary credential, and 7
128+‘‘(C) fees for continuing education if such 8
129+education is required to maintain a recognized 9
130+postsecondary credential. 10
144131 ‘‘(2) R
145-ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL 15
146-PROGRAM.—For purposes of this subparagraph, the 16
147-term ‘recognized postsecondary credential program’ 17
148-means any program to obtain a recognized postsec-18
149-ondary credential if— 19
150-‘‘(A) such program is included on a State 20
151-list prepared under section 122(d) of the Work-21
152-force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 22
153-U.S.C. 3152(d)), 23
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157-‘‘(B) such program is listed in the WEAMS 1
158-Public directory (or successor directory) main-2
159-tained by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 3
160-‘‘(C) an examination (developed or admin-4
161-istered by an organization widely recognized as 5
162-providing reputable credentials in the occupa-6
163-tion) is required to obtain or maintain such cre-7
164-dential and such organization recognizes such 8
165-program as providing training or education 9
166-which prepares individuals to take such exam-10
167-ination, or 11
168-‘‘(D) such program is identified by the Sec-12
169-retary, after consultation with the Secretary of 13
170-Labor, as being a reputable program for obtain-14
171-ing a recognized postsecondary credential for 15
172-purposes of this subparagraph. 16
132+ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN -11
133+TIAL PROGRAM.—For purposes of this subpara-12
134+graph, the term ‘recognized postsecondary credential 13
135+program’ means any program to obtain a recognized 14
136+postsecondary credential if— 15
137+‘‘(A) such program is included on a State 16
138+list prepared under section 122(d) of the Work-17
139+force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 18
140+U.S.C. 3152(d)), 19
141+‘‘(B) such program is listed in the 20
142+WEAMS Public directory (or successor direc-21
143+tory) maintained by the Department of Vet-22
144+erans Affairs, 23
145+‘‘(C) an examination (developed or admin-24
146+istered by an organization widely recognized as 25
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150+providing reputable credentials in the occupa-1
151+tion) is required to obtain or maintain such cre-2
152+dential and such organization recognizes such 3
153+program as providing training or education 4
154+which prepares individuals to take such exam-5
155+ination, or 6
156+‘‘(D) such program is identified by the 7
157+Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary 8
158+of Labor, as being a reputable program for ob-9
159+taining a recognized postsecondary credential 10
160+for purposes of this subparagraph. 11
173161 ‘‘(3) R
174-ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN -17
175-TIAL.—The term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ 18
176-means— 19
177-‘‘(A) any postsecondary employment creden-20
178-tial that is industry recognized, including— 21
179-‘‘(i) any postsecondary employment 22
180-credential issued by a program that is ac-23
181-credited by the Institute for Credentialing 24
182-Excellence, the National Commission on 25
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186-Certifying Agencies, or the American Na-1
187-tional Standards Institute, 2
188-‘‘(ii) any postsecondary employment 3
189-credential that is included in the 4
190-Credentialing Opportunities On-Line 5
191-(COOL) directory of credentialing programs 6
192-(or successor directory) maintained by the 7
193-Department of Defense or by any branch of 8
194-the Armed Services, and 9
195-‘‘(iii) any postsecondary employment 10
196-credential identified for purposes of this 11
197-clause by the Secretary, after consultation 12
198-with the Secretary of Labor, as being indus-13
199-try recognized, 14
200-‘‘(B) any certificate of completion of an ap-15
201-prenticeship that is registered and certified with 16
202-the Secretary of Labor under the National Ap-17
203-prenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50), 18
204-‘‘(C) any occupational or professional li-19
205-cense issued or recognized by a State or the Fed-20
206-eral Government (and any certification that sat-21
207-isfies a condition for obtaining such a license), 22
208-and 23
209-‘‘(D) any recognized postsecondary creden-24
210-tial as defined in section 3(52) of the Workforce 25
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214-Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 1
215-3102).’’. 2
216-(c) E
217-FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by this 3
218-section shall apply to distributions made after the date of 4
219-the enactment of this Act. 5
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225-CONGRESS
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229-ESSION
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231-H. R. 8915
232-[Report No. 118–950]
233-A BILL
234-To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
235-expand the expenses treated as qualified higher
236-education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts
237-to include additional elementary and secondary
238-school expenses and certain postsecondary
239-credentialing expenses.
240-D
241-ECEMBER
242-24, 2024
243-Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
244-mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
245-and ordered to be printed
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162+ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN -12
163+TIAL.—The term ‘recognized postsecondary creden-13
164+tial’ means— 14
165+‘‘(A) any postsecondary employment cre-15
166+dential that is industry recognized, including— 16
167+‘‘(i) any postsecondary employment 17
168+credential issued by a program that is ac-18
169+credited by the Institute for Credentialing 19
170+Excellence, the National Commission on 20
171+Certifying Agencies, or the American Na-21
172+tional Standards Institute, 22
173+‘‘(ii) any postsecondary employment 23
174+credential that is included in the 24
175+Credentialing Opportunities On-Line 25
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179+(COOL) directory of credentialing pro-1
180+grams (or successor directory) maintained 2
181+by the Department of Defense or by any 3
182+branch of the Armed Services, and 4
183+‘‘(iii) any postsecondary employment 5
184+credential identified for purposes of this 6
185+clause by the Secretary, after consultation 7
186+with the Secretary of Labor, as being in-8
187+dustry recognized, 9
188+‘‘(B) any certificate of completion of an 10
189+apprenticeship that is registered and certified 11
190+with the Secretary of Labor under the National 12
191+Apprenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50), 13
192+‘‘(C) any occupational or professional li-14
193+cense issued or recognized by a State or the 15
194+Federal Government (and any certification that 16
195+satisfies a condition for obtaining such a li-17
196+cense), and 18
197+‘‘(D) any recognized postsecondary creden-19
198+tial as defined in section 3(52) of the Workforce 20
199+Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 21
200+3102).’’. 22
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204+(c) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
205+this subsection shall apply to distributions made after the 2
206+date of the enactment of this Act. 3
207+Æ
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