ED ACCESS Act of 2022

Eliminating Discrimination And Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success Act of 2022 or the ED ACCESS Act of 2022

This bill repeals the prohibition against granting the American Opportunity Tax Credit to students with federal or state felony drug convictions.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9331 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9331

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strike the provision of 
the American Opportunity Tax Credit that denies the credit to students 
                     with felony drug convictions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2022

   Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
Horsford, Mr. Wenstrup, and Ms. Sewell) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strike the provision of 
the American Opportunity Tax Credit that denies the credit to students 
                     with felony drug convictions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminating Discrimination And 
Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success Act of 2022'' or the ``ED 
ACCESS Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DENIAL OF AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT FOR 
              STUDENTS CONVICTED OF A FELONY DRUG OFFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 25A(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (D).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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