A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to rename the education individual retirement accounts as the Coverdell education savings account.
Public Law 107-22 · S. 1190 · 107th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Jul 26, 2001 · Commemorations
Sponsor: Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Tom Daschle
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to rename the education individual retirement accounts as the Coverdell education savings account.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 11 actions.
- Jul 26, 2001Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 107-22.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jul 25, 2001PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jul 23, 2001FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Thomas asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Ways and Means Committee
- Jul 19, 2001CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
- Jul 18, 2001FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.