# 115-hr-4135: Upward Mobility Enhancement Act

115-hr-4135, Upward Mobility Enhancement Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4135
- Congress: 115
- Title: Upward Mobility Enhancement Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2017-10-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Upward Mobility Enhancement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exclusion for educational assistance programs, to increase the maximum amount of employer-provided educational assistance that may be excluded from the gross income of an employee. The bill: (1) specifies that the exclusion applies only to the first $11,500 of educational assistance furnished to an individual during a calendar year, in the case of assistance for education below the graduate level; and (2) requires the dollar amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2017. (Under current law, the exclusion applies only to the first $5,250 of educational assistance furnished to an individual during a calendar year and is not adjusted for inflation.)

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2017-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2017-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2017-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4135 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4135)

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- [115-hr-2519: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2519)
- [115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1235)
- [115-hr-4647: Recovering America's Wildlife Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4647)
- [115-hr-2315: To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty, Tyr…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2315)
- [115-hr-1661: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1661)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4135 (as of 2025-11-18).