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S. 835 (113th)

American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act of 2013

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Introduced

25 April 2013

Last action

25 April 2013 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

12 August 2025

Taxation

Summary

American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that: (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $3,000 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) increases the income threshold for reductions in the credit amount based upon modified adjusted gross income, (3) allows a lifetime dollar limitation on such credit of $15,000 for all taxable years, and (4) makes 40% of the credit refundable. Allows an exclusion from gross income of any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant.

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Timeline

  1. 25 April 2013

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 25 April 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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