Support legislation to improve the Federal Education Scholarship Tax Credit by allowing joint filers to claim twice the individual credit and indexing the credit amount to inflation.

Cindy Hyde-Smith · Mississippi · Republican

policy impact 0.52 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 93%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Hyde-Smith’s bill would make it more attractive for couples filing joint tax returns to make contributions and index the tax credit for all such donations to the inflation rate.

Hyde-Smith introduced S.5322 to expand the education scholarship tax credit for joint filers and index the credit to inflation beginning in tax year 2027.

HYDE-SMITH BILL WOULD IMPROVE FEDERAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDIT
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Evidence

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GovInfo bill text shows S. 5322 was introduced by Mrs. Hyde-Smith on August 6, 2026 and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill amends IRC section 25F so the credit limit is the applicable amount, twice that amount for a joint return, and adjusts the $1,700 amount for inflation after 2026.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text confirms Hyde-Smith introduced legislation matching both promise elements: doubling the credit for joint filers and indexing the individual credit amount to inflation. This fulfills a commitment framed as supporting legislation, though the bill had only been introduced and referred to committee as of the source record.

delivered same_term A for effort

S. 5322 Introduced in Senate (IS) - Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Improvement Act
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Hyde-Smith's Senate office announced that the Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Improvement Act (S.5322) would allow married couples filing jointly to claim up to twice the individual credit and index the individual credit amount for inflation beginning in tax year 2027.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Senate release corroborates that Hyde-Smith publicly supported and sponsored the specific legislation contemplated by the commitment. It also notes referral to the Senate Finance Committee, so there is no evidence of enactment, but enactment was not the stated promise.

delivered same_term A for effort

HYDE-SMITH BILL WOULD IMPROVE FEDERAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDIT
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

The promise was to support legislation with two specific changes to the Federal Education Scholarship Tax Credit, not necessarily to secure enactment. Hyde-Smith introduced S. 5322 in the 119th Congress, and the bill text matches both promised elements: doubling the credit limit for joint filers and indexing the credit amount to inflation. Because she sponsored the matching federal legislation while serving in the same Senate term, this counts as delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%