Education Not Agitation Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10013 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10013

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude individuals who 
have committed certain crimes from being eligible students for purposes 
 of the American opportunity credit, the lifetime learning credit, and 
      the deduction on interest paid on qualified education loans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2024

  Mr. Murphy 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 exclude individuals who 
have committed certain crimes from being eligible students for purposes 
 of the American opportunity credit, the lifetime learning credit, and 
      the deduction on interest paid on qualified education loans.

    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 ``Education Not Agitation Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY CREDIT AND LIFETIME LEARNING 
              CREDIT FOR STUDENTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 25A(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by 
striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ``, 
and'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) has been convicted, before the end of the 
                taxable year with or within which such academic period 
                ends, of any of the following State or Federal offenses 
                occurring on the campus (as defined in section 
                485(f)(6) of the Higher Education Act of 1965) of an 
                institution of higher education (as defined in section 
                101(a) of such Act) in connection with conduct 
                occurring at or during the course of a protest:
                            ``(i) Unlawful assembly.
                            ``(ii) Rioting.
                            ``(iii) Trespassing.
                            ``(iv) Vandalism.
                            ``(v) Battery or battery of a law 
                        enforcement officer.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 25A(B)(2) of such Code is 
amended by striking subparagraph (D).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to academic periods beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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