United States · Bill · S
S. 1255 (109th)
Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2005
Introduced
16 June 2005
Last action
16 June 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6742)
Sponsors
Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH], Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2], Susan Collins, Richard Durbin, Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Subjects
Defence, Taxation
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income student loan repayments by the federal government on behalf of federal employees and members of the Armed Forces on active duty. Exempts such repayments from social security taxes.
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Timeline
16 June 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6742)
Source: IntroReferral
16 June 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6742)
Source: IntroReferral
16 June 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 June 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 June 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 June 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 June 2005
Sponsors
- Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] · D · Sponsor
- Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1255
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1255
- us · 109-s-1255 · source updated 15 August 2025