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HR 3166 102th Congress House Taxation Government trust funds Income tax Military pay Officer personnel Persian Gulf War Tax exclusion

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion from gross income for combat pay received by a commissioned officer to $2,000 per month.

Introduced: August 1, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 1, 1991
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the exclusion from gross income for combat pay of commissioned officers (from $500 to $2,000 monthly).

Requires the transfer from the Defense Cooperation Account to the general fund of the Treasury such amounts as determined necessary to offset the revenue loss caused by this amendment during the period of the Persian Gulf conflict.

What's happening now August 1, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 4, 1992
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 4, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3166: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion from gross income for combat pay received by a commissioned officer to $2,000 per month.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3166/
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"H.R. 3166: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion from gross income for combat pay received by a commissioned officer to $2,000 per month.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3166/.
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H.R. 3166, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3166/.
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