Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017

HB 167 Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017

US Congress 115th Congress

Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017
HB-167


About HB-167

Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Education to provide assistance to the immediate families of teachers or other elementary and secondary school employees who are killed by another person's violent act while performing school duties. Such assistance includes funeral assistance, a death benefit, living assistance, and undergraduate education assistance for dependents. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income tax:

  • (1) the victim's compensation from school employment in the year of death, and
  • (2) the victim's family assistance

The bill also establishes the Teacher Victims' Family Trust Fund funded with an excise tax increase on ammunition.

  

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Introduced 01/11/2017

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History

Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

01/13/2017

Introduced In House

01/03/2017

Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committees On Education And The Workforce, And The Judiciary, 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.

01/03/2017

Referred To House Ways And Means

01/03/2017

Referred To House Education And The Workforce

01/03/2017

Referred To House Judiciary

01/03/2017