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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on February 20, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
This bill makes changes to the rules for qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans).
(Sec. 2) The Internal Revenue Code is amended to allow payments from 529 plans for the purchase of computer or peripheral equipment, computer software, or Internet access and related services to be used primarily by a 529 plan beneficiary while enrolled in an eligible educational institution.
(Sec. 3) The requirement that distributions from a 529 plan be aggregated for purposes of determining the amount includible in a taxpayer's income is eliminated.
(Sec. 4) Students who receive a refund from an eligible educational institution can recontribute such refund to a 529 plan without tax consequences if the recontribution is made not later than 60 days after the date of such refund and does not exceed the refunded amount.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 529 as passed House amended on Feb 25, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Feb 25, 2015Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveFeb 25, 2015
House Feb 25, 2015 · the primary vote
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans
Passed
401 Yea 20 Nay 11 not voting
Crossed both parties 20 of 421 voting members broke with their own party: 19 Democrats, 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 529 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 529 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
69 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.