# 115-hr-5396: GAP Act

115-hr-5396, GAP Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5396
- Congress: 115
- Title: GAP Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2018-03-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Graduate Assistants Parity Act or the GAP Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow all graduate students who are employees of educational organizations to exclude tuition reductions from gross income. (Under current law, the exclusion for graduate students is limited to teaching and research assistants.)

## Cosponsors (6)

- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2018-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2018-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2018-08-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2018-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

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- 115-hr-1456: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017
- 115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
- 115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act
- 115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-5396 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5396)

## Related
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- [115-hr-1456: Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1456)
- [115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1235)
- [115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6510)
- [115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4256)
- [115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4107)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5396 (as of 2025-11-18).