HR 3019
108th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Survivors' benefits
Tax exclusion
Taxation
To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the military death gratuity from $6,000 to $12,000 and to provide that such death gratuity shall be excluded from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Introduced: September 5, 2003
Introduced by:
McGovern, James P.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Became law
Sep 5, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 5, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Increases from $6,000 to $12,000 the death gratuity paid upon the active-duty death of a member of the armed forces.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude any such death gratuity from gross income.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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