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S 721 108th Congress Senate Taxation Africa (Sub-Saharan) Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces abroad Caribbean area Cuba Estate tax Excise tax Families Income tax Latin America Married people Military bases Military operations Military pay Military personnel Missing in action Science, Technology, Communications Tax administration Tax exclusion

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the combat zone income tax exclusion to include income for the period of transit to the combat zone and to remove the limitation on such exclusion for commissioned officers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 26, 2003 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 27, 2003
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.
Mar 26, 2003
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4444)
Mar 26, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to non-taxed "combat zone" compensation to: (1) include "direct transit to the combat zone" within such definition; and (2) eliminate the enlisted personnel compensation ceiling for commissioned officers.

Entitles military personnel eligible for special pay for hostile fire or imminent danger for services at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, and in the Horn of Africa in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or any successor operation to specified tax benefits as if such services were performed in a combat zone.

What's happening now March 27, 2003

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.