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Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act

Introduced: September 29, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9938-9939)
Sep 29, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9938)
Sep 29, 2004
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat differential wage payments as a payment of wages by an employer to an employee for income tax purposes. Defines "differential wage payment" as any employer payment to an individual serving on active duty in the uniformed services for more than 30 days which represents wages such individual would have received if such individual were performing services for the employer.

Treats an individual receiving differential wage payments as an employee and treats differential wage payments as compensation for retirement plan purposes.

What's happening now September 29, 2004

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9938-9939)

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2448 Related bill Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act
  • HR 5154 Identical bill Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Oct 11, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2858: Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2858/
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