H R 2646

Title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.

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Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
6/24/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 169: On the Conference Report H.R.2646 Conference Report; Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools Education Savings and School Excellence Act of 1998
6/18/98	House	Passed	Session 2, roll call 243: On Agreeing to the Conference Report Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools
6/18/98	House	Failed	Session 2, roll call 242: On Motion to Recommit With Instructions Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools
5/7/98	House	Failed	Session 2, roll call 136: On Motion to Instruct Conferees Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools
4/23/98	Senate	Passed	Session 2, roll call 102: On Passage of the Bill H.R.2646 as amended; Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools Education Savings and School Excellence Act of 1998
4/23/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 101: On the Amendment Bingaman Amdt. No. 2308; To provide for dropout prevention.
4/23/98	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 100: On the Amendment Boxer Amdt. No.2306; To improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after school hours.
4/23/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 99: On the Motion to Table Motion to table Levin Amdt. No.2303; To replace the expansion of education individual retirement accounts to elementary and secondary school expenses with an increase the lifetime learning education credit for expenses of teachers in improving technology training.
4/23/98	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 97: On the Amendment Landrieu Amdt. No.2301; To strike section 101, and to provide funding for Blue Ribbon Schools.
4/23/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 96: On the Amendment Kempthorne Amdt. No.2302, as modified; To amend section 6201 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for student improvement incentive awards, and for other purposes.
4/23/98	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 95: On the Amendment Coats Amdt. No.2297; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional incentive to donate to elementary and secondary schools or other organizations which provide scholarships to disadvantaged children, and for other purposes.
4/22/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 94: On the Amendment Ashcroft Amdt. No.2300; To prohibit spending Federal education funds on national testing without explicit and specific legislation.
4/22/98	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 93: On the Amendment Murray Amdt. No.2295; To express the sense of Congress regarding reduction in class size.
4/22/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 92: On the Amendment Hutchinson Amdt. No.2296; Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Education, States, and local educational agencies should spend a greater percentage of Federal education tax dollars in our children's classrooms.
4/22/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 91: On the Amendment Gorton Amdt. No.2293; To provide for direct awards of education funding.
4/21/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 90: On the Motion to Table Motion to table Moseley-Braun Amdt. No.2292; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools, and for other purposes.
4/21/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 89: On the Amendment Hutchison Amdt No.2291; To establish education reform projects that provide same gender schools and classrooms, as long as comparable educational opportunities are offered for students of both sexes.
4/21/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 88: On the Amendment Mack Amdt. No.2288, as amended; To provide incentives for States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary school and secondary school teachers.
4/21/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 87: On the Motion to Table Motion to table Glenn Amdt. No. 2017; To delete education IRA expenditures for elementary and secondary school expenses.
4/21/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 86: On the Motion to Table Motion to table Kennedy Amdt. No. 2289; To provide an additional 100,000, well-qualified elementary and secondary school teachers annually to the national pool of such teachers during the 10-year period beginning with 1999 through a new student loan forgiveness program.
10/23/97	House	Passed	Session 1, roll call 524: On Passage Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools
10/23/97	House	Failed	Session 1, roll call 523: On Agreeing to the Amendment