EXPANSION OF SECTION 529 PLANS.

SEC. 302. EXPANSION OF SECTION 529 PLANS. (a) Distributions for Certain Expenses Associated With Registered Apprenticeship Programs.—Section 529(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(8) Treatment of certain expenses associated with registered apprenticeship programs.—Any reference in this subsection to the term ‘qualified higher education expense’ shall include a reference to expenses for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for the participation of a designated beneficiary in an apprenticeship program registered and certified with the Secretary of Labor under section 1 of the National Apprenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50).” . (b) Distributions for Qualified Education Loan Repayments.— (1) In general.—Section 529(c) of such Code, as amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(9) Treatment of qualified education loan repayments.— “(A) In general.—Any reference in this subsection to the term ‘qualified higher education expense’ shall include a reference to amounts paid as principal or interest on any qualified education loan (as defined in section 221(d)) of the designated beneficiary or a sibling of the designated beneficiary. “(B) Limitation.—The amount of distributions treated as a qualified higher education expense under this paragraph with respect to the loans of any individual shall not exceed $10,000 (reduced by the amount of distributions so treated for all prior taxable years). “(C) Special rules for siblings of the designated beneficiary.— “(i) Separate accounting.—For purposes of subparagraph (B) and subsection (d), amounts treated as a qualified higher education expense with respect to the loans of a sibling of the designated beneficiary shall be taken into account with respect to such sibling and not with respect to such designated beneficiary. “(ii) Sibling defined.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘sibling’ means an individual who bears a relationship to the designated beneficiary which is described in section 152(d)(2)(B).” . (2) [26 U.S.C. 221] Coordination with deduction for student loan interest.—Section 221(e)(1) of such Codeis amended by adding at the end the following: “The deduction otherwise allowable under subsection (a) (prior to the application of subsection (b)) to the taxpayer for any taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by so much of the distributions treated as a qualified higher education expense under section 529(c)(9) with respect to loans of the taxpayer as would be includible in gross income under section 529(c)(3)(A) for such taxable year but for such treatment.”. (c) [26 U.S.C. 221 note] Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to distributions made after December 31, 2018.