Bill Details
HR.2398 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced Date
2025-03-27
Policy Area
Taxation
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-Connecticut-1]
- Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-Minnesota-7]
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-California-19]
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-Iowa-4]
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-New Mexico-1]
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-North Carolina-7]
- Rep. Carey, Mike [R-Ohio-15]
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-Illinois-13]
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-Pennsylvania-6]
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-North Carolina-1]
- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-Mississippi-1]
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-Minnesota-1]
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-Minnesota-4]
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-Alabama-7]
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-California-21]
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-Kansas-1]
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-New York-19]
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-New York-3]
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-Kansas-3]
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-West Virginia-1]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would make some loan repayment or loan forgiveness payments for veterinarians tax-free. It is meant to help attract and keep veterinarians in places that do not have enough veterinary care, especially rural areas. Under this bill, certain assistance given through federal or state veterinary loan programs would not count as taxable income for the person receiving it.
- It changes the tax code so that assistance from certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness programs is excluded from federal income taxes.
- The change would cover a federal program under the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as well as state programs aimed at improving access to veterinary services.
- The tax break would apply to money received in tax years beginning after December 31, 2025.
- The goal is to make these programs more useful for helping areas with too few veterinarians.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2398 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2398
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exclusion
for assistance provided to participants in certain veterinary student
loan repayment or forgiveness programs.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Smith of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs.
Fischbach, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Feenstra, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Rouzer, Mr.
Carey, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr.
Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Finstad, and Ms. McCollum) 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 provide for an exclusion
for assistance provided to participants in certain veterinary student
loan repayment or forgiveness programs.
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 ``Rural Veterinary Workforce Act''.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS IN CERTAIN
VETERINARY STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT OR FORGIVENESS
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 108(f)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``or'' after ``such Act,'';
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``,
under section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a), or
under any other State loan repayment or loan forgiveness
program that is intended to provide for increased access to
veterinary services in such State.''; and
(3) by striking ``state'' in the heading and inserting
``other''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to amounts received by an individual in taxable years beginning
after December 31, 2025.
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