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HR.1905 - 119th Congress

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Status
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-03-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced Date
2025-03-06
Policy Area
Taxation
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This bill would change how some private colleges and universities are counted for a federal tax on investment income. In simple terms, it would keep certain students out of the headcount used to decide whether a school must pay this tax, but only if those students do not meet a specific federal student eligibility rule. The bill would also require affected schools to report two numbers on their tax filings: the student count before this change and the count after it. The changes would start with tax years beginning after December 31, 2025.

  • Certain students would no longer be included in the student count used to measure whether a private college or university is large enough to be subject to the excise tax on net investment income.
  • To be left out of the count, a student must not meet the eligibility requirements in a section of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
  • Affected schools would have to report both the old student count and the new adjusted count on their annual tax return.
  • The changes would apply to tax years beginning after December 31, 2025.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1905 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1905

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain students 
   from the calculation to determine if certain private colleges and 
 universities are subject to the excise tax on net investment income, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2025

    Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Kelly of 
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Tenney, and 
Ms. Van Duyne) 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 certain students 
   from the calculation to determine if certain private colleges and 
 universities are subject to the excise tax on net investment income, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protecting American Students Act''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN STUDENTS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF 
              CALCULATION TO DETERMINE IF CERTAIN PRIVATE COLLEGES AND 
              UNIVERSITIES ARE SUBJECT TO EXCISE TAX ON NET INVESTMENT 
              INCOME.

    (a) In General.--Section 4968(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Certain students not taken into account in 
        determining endowment threshold.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1)(D), a student shall not be taken into account with respect 
        to an eligible educational institution unless such student 
        meets the student eligibility requirements under section 
        484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1091(a)(5)).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO REPORT CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO 
              APPLICATION OF EXCISE TAX BASED ON INVESTMENT INCOME OF 
              PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (p) and by 
inserting after subsection (n) the following new subsection:
    ``(o) Requirement To Report Certain Information With Respect To 
Excise Tax Based on Investment Income of Private Colleges and 
Universities.--Each applicable educational institution described in 
section 4968(b) which is subject to the requirements of subsection (a) 
shall include on the return required under subsection (a)--
            ``(1) the number of students taken into account for 
        purposes of the calculation in paragraph (1)(D) of section 
        4968(b) (determined before the application of paragraph (3) of 
        such section), and
            ``(2) the number of students taken into account for 
        purposes of the calculation in paragraph (1)(D) of section 
        4968(b) (determined after the application of paragraph (3) of 
        such section).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
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