United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5715 (111th)
Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2010
Introduced
13 July 2010
Last action
13 October 2010 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
John Larson, Peter Roskam, Jared Polis, Erik Paulsen
Subjects
Taxation, Education
Source updated
23 March 2026
Summary
Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt lifelong learning accounts to pay certain educational expenses, including tuition, fees, books, supplies, and information technology devices required for the education of, or courses of instruction of, the account beneficiary; (2) allow individuals between ages 18 and 71 an income-based tax credit for cash contributions to their lifelong learning accounts; (3) exclude from employee gross income employer contributions to a lifelong learning account; and (4) allow employers a tax credit for contributions made to the lifelong learning accounts of their employees and for administrative costs associated with small employer lifelong learning accounts.
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Timeline
13 July 2010
Introduced
Referred to House Ways and Means
Source: IntroReferral
13 July 2010
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
13 July 2010
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 July 2010
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 October 2010
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 13 July 2010 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 July 2010
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 July 2010
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 13 July 2010
Sponsors
- John Larson · D · Sponsor
- Peter Roskam · R · Sponsor
- Jared Polis · D · Sponsor
- Erik Paulsen · R · Sponsor
- · hsed00 · Standing
- · hswm00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5715
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5715
- us · 111-hr-5715 · source updated 23 March 2026