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SB2920: Tax-Free Pell Grant Act

: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-US) : May 25, 2026 Updated: Sep 26, 2023
Taxation
Bill ProgressIntroduced
  1. 1Introduced (current step)
  2. 2Passed One Chamber
  3. 3Passed Both Chambers
  4. 4Became Law

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Summary

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the exclusion of Pell Grants from gross income.

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This bill would change the tax code to let students keep more money from Pell Grants without paying taxes on it. Pell Grants are federal aid given to low-income college students. Currently, students must count some Pell Grant money as income when they file taxes. The bill expands what part of the grant stays tax-free. The bill has been introduced in Congress but has not yet been assigned to a .

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